A Famous Cartoon of the Klan Hanging Carpet-Baggers Was Accompanied by Even Worse Article Sept. 1868

Pat Young

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The Democratic newspaper the Independent Monitor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, published one of the most reprinted cartoons of the Reconstruction Era on September 1, 1868 titled A prospective scene in the City of Oaks, 4th of March, 1869. The cartoon depicts what would happen to carpet-baggers after the inauguration of President Horatio Seymour. It is well-known to anyone who has studied Reconstruction at all. Here is the cartoon:

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