The Chinese Question. 1871

A defiant Columbia in an 1871 cartoon, shown protecting a defenseless Chinese man from an angry Irish lynch mob

Sources: Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “The Chinese Question.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1871. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-37cc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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