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Darktown Comics, the Glossary

Darktown Comics is a series of Currier and Ives prints first produced in the 1870s that depicted racist vignettes ostensibly portraying a Black American town.^[1]

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Cartoon controversies
Lithographs
Race-related controversies in comics

Albion College

Albion College is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan.

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Depicting African-American children as alligator bait was a common trope in American popular culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. Darktown Comics and alligator bait are Anti-black racism in the United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Antebellum South

The Antebellum South era (from before the war) was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861.

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Anti-Tom literature

Anti-Tom literature consists of the 19th century pro-slavery novels and other literary works written in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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Cakewalk

The cakewalk was a dance developed from the "prize walks" (dance contests with a cake awarded as the prize) held in the mid-19th century, generally at get-togethers on plantations where Black people had been enslaved, before and after emancipation in the Southern United States.

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Currier and Ives

Currier and Ives was a New York City-based printmaking business operating from 1835 to 1907.

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General store

A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise.

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Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City.

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Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle

Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (25 January 1834 – 22 February 1879) was an English nobleman, styled Lord Clinton until 1851 and Earl of Lincoln until he inherited the dukedom in 1864.

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Minstrel show

The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century.

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Portrayal of black people in comics

Black people have been portrayed in comics since the medium's beginning, with their portrayals often the subject of controversy. Darktown Comics and portrayal of black people in comics are black people in art.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States. Darktown Comics and Reconstruction era are Race-related controversies in the United States.

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Salina Journal

The Salina Journal is a daily morning newspaper based in Salina, Kansas, United States.

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Sol Eytinge Jr.

Solomon Eytinge Jr. (23 October 1833 – 26 March 1905), was an American illustrator of newspapers, journals and books by authors that included Charles Dickens and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darktown_Comics