"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900
Title
"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900
Description
In this cartoon, Norman Jennett illustrated the arrest of a Democratic registrar from Winston, North Carolina, who Democrats claimed was charged after he refused to register several African Americans who were too young to vote. A federal marshal, who is wearing a button that says “NEGRO RULE” grabs the startled registrar by the collar while a short African-American figure, whose height suggests he is still a child, looks on. The caption at the bottom blames the arrest on Republican Chairman A.E. Holton and his followers, an accusation that aligns them with African Americans rather than members of their own race and suggests that Republicans were willing to resort to electoral fraud in order to win.
Creator
Norman Ethre Jennett
Source
Norman Ethre Jennett, "The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Libraries. Microfilm.
Date
1900-07-13
Contributor
Glant, Erin
Type
Document
Coverage
Raleigh, North Carolina
Winston (now Winston-Salem), North Carolina
Wake County, North Carolina
Forsyth County, North Carolina
Original Format
Cartoon
Text
The Winston Situation
Holton & Co., has a Democratic Registrar arrested by a Federal Deputy Marshal because he will not register negro boys.
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Citation
Norman Ethre Jennett, "The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900, Civil War Era NC, accessed December 8, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/335.