Thomas Nast cartoons
...hites in the North. The balancer that the two individuals in the cartoon are on shows that their equal. “A burden he has to shoulder” it looks like the person who is currently in term is full of responsibilities and care for the world. We can see by the signs on his shoulder and him looking all frustrated. On the “Columbia - Shall I trust these men, and not this man?” Its looks to me that the woman is questioning trusting white males versus black males. It looks like she wants to trust the black male over the white, sleezy scumbag males. “The Modern Samson” cartoon is describing the women’s suffrage act. The men in the picture seem to be going against the act. The women suffrage group was females trying to gain the right to vote. “The commandmen...