Creator(s)	Tenniel, John, 1820-1914, artist.
Contributor(s)	Strong, Thomas W., publisher.
Title	The black conscription
Link to library catalog record	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=411238
Date	[ca. 1863]
Publishing details	[New York : Thomas W. Strong,]
Physical Description	1 print on wove paper : wood engraving, b&w ; image with title 22.2 x 15.6 cm., sheet 34.1 x 26.4 cm.
Summary	Subject: A political cartoon ridiculing the role of African American soldiers in the Civil War. In the foreground, two African Americans soldiers, one in Union uniform and the other in Confederate uniform, greet one another and shake hands. The Union soldier says "Dat you Sam? Yeah! Yeah!' The Confederate soldier responds, "Bress my heart how am you Jim?" Several other African American soldiers, very animated, are lightly sketched in the background.
Notes	This engraving is a copy after a cartoon which first appeared in the September 26, 1863 issue of Punch (London). The Punch cartoon bears the monogram of JT (Sir John Tenniel) and has minor differences from the American impression: Sam is referred to as Sambo in the London version; the Confederate soldier has an "S" on his belt and suspenders in the London version (replaced by "C.S.A." in the American version); the American version adds "and Slavery" to the title continuation. Title continues: "When black meets black then come the end of war" - and slavery. Publisher attribution based on a hand-written inscription on duplicate impression in Library. Thomas W. Strong was also an engraver and may have been responsible for the engraving of the print.
Local notes	Purchased 1991. #1991.67.
Subject(s)	African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons. African Americans--History--1863-1877--Caricatures and cartoons. African American soldiers--Caricatures and cartoons. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African American troops--Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre terms	Lithographs--United States--1860-1870. Political cartoons--United States--1860-1870.
Location/Call number	Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) A UMS Po.ci.(no.6)
Source	The Black Conscription.tif
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46