I'm not to blame for being white, sir! [graphic]. [1862]

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I'm not to blame for being white, sir! [graphic]. [1862]

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A political print produced during the Massachusetts state election of 1862. The image depicts Massachusetts senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner (1811-1874) accosted by two young beggars. Sumner is shown giving coins to a poor black girl while a white girl in rags protests, saying "I'm not to blame for being white, sir!" Sketched faintly in the background are two well-dressed women who observe the incident. A printed subtitle under title reads: "True, my girl, but charity ought to begin where it is most needed, and you, certainly are the better off, having more friends and less oppressors."

1 print on tan wove paper : lithograph, b&w ; image with text 33 x 23 cm., sheet 38 x 29 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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People's Party (Mass.)

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

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