'A Family Quarrel'

'A Family Quarrel'

A View of the Division in the United States and the Nature of its Breakup

Providing a satirical take on the nature of the divide between North and South, theLondon-based Punch's take shows the traditional Yankee opposite a new female figure representing the Confederacy, each holding torn parts of the national map. In the background, signifying the role of slavery in generating the decline and crisis of secession, a black individual is seen leaving the scene

Sir John Tenniel

Reprinted on page 119 in William Walsh's Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch, New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909

Punch or the London Charivari

September 28, 1861

Public Domain

English

Still Image, Text

Political Cartoon