The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down

The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down

Immigrants

Political cartoons

A cartoon showing laborers, among whom are Irishmen, an African American, a Civil War veteran, Italian, Frenchman, and a Jew, building a wall against the Chinese. Congressional mortar is used to mount blocks of prejudice, non-reciprocity, law against race, fear, etc. Across the sea, a ship flying the American flag enters China, as the Chinese knock down their own wall and permit trade of such goods as rice, tea, and silk.

Friedrich Graetz, app. 1840-1913

The Library of Congress

Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library

1882

Uploaded to Omeka by student, Fall 2016.

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96500349/

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Depicts laborers of different national origins taking down a wall while the United States is shown simultaneously building a wall to exclude the increasing wave of 'undesirable' immigrants.