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SATIRE - PART 1
#1 - RESENTING AN INSULT
Size: 5" x
3"
Date: Undated
Lithographer: Unidentified
| RESENTING
AN INSULT. |
MAGISTRATE--"Sam
Johnson says, Dolphus, that
you called him a liar. What did he call
you?"
DOLPHUS--"Nuffin,
sah. He sayed dat he treated
sech disillusions wif silent contemp';
an' den I cut him,
yo' Honah. No yaller niggah kin treat me
wif silent
contemp'; I'se a gemmen, I is." |
| From
Texas Siftings, by
permission. |
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Originally
published in Texas Siftings:
Vol. 9, No. 22 - September 29, 1888
-- image
source courtesy of Jerry Anderson |
| Artist:
D. McCarthy |
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