RECONSTRUCTION CARTOON

This 1865 cartoon pokes fun at two Richmond ladies as they pass by a Union officer on their way to receive free government rations. One says sourly to the other, "Don't you think that Yankee must feel like shrinking into his boots before such high-toned Southern ladies as we?" Just a step behind is a smiling black woman, who obviously views the Yankee through different eyes. The New York Public Library. Art Resource, NYC.