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English: Modification of Franklin's famous "Join, or Die" cartoon by G.W. Falen for the propaganda of slave states during the American Civil War.
Date 1860s
date QS:P,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
(during the American Civil War of just before it)
Source

http://www.bl.uk/eblj/1996articles/pdf/article5.pdf (article in Electronic British Library Journal)


https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A32976 Creator / Contributor Falen, G.W. Title Unite or die. Collection Title Patriotic envelope collection. Series I: Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865. Publisher New-York Historical Society Description Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Snake labeled with the names of the Confederate states. White envelope with black ink. Image on top. Printed above image: 'The device of our Fathers in their first struggle for liberty, - 1776. / UNITE OR DIE.' Printed below image: 'SLAVE STATES, once more let me repeat that the only way of / preserving our slave property, or what we prize more than life, our / LIBERTY, is by a UNION WITH EACH OTHER.' Jefferson Davis. Printed vertically at left of image: 'G. W. Falen, Printed, 213 King St. near Market / Charleston, S. C., C. S. A.' Notes Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. He led the Confederate army and navy during the American Civil War. Institution New-York Historical Society Identifier aj92036.jpg 1764 Subject Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Confederate States of America Material type or medium of original Pictorial envelopes Patriotic envelopes Image Rights

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Author G. W. Falen

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