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DescriptionPompey and Master -- Massa linkum.jpg	English: Racist cartoon printed in response to the emancipation of slaves by the U.S. government, commenting on how slaves will continue working for their masters afterwards anyway, and will be very cheap. Printed on border: "Pompey. "What day ob de month id dis, Massa?" "Master. "Twenty-sixth December. Why?" "Pompey. "Oh! Cause you knows Massa LINKUM he gib us our Papers on de First January. God bless um ; and now I wants to say as how you allus was a good Massa, and so I'll gib you a Mont's Notice to git anudder Boy. Niggers is powerful cheap now, Massa!"
Date	16 December 2013, 09:00:42
Source	NYPL Digital Gallery; Mid-Manhattan
Author	Unknown, 1863

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