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[edit] The Rail Candidate Transcription

[edit] Black man

Speech bubble: "Dis Nigger strong and willin', but it's awful hard work to carry Old Massa^[1] Abe on nothing but dis ere rail!!"

[edit] Lincoln

Speech bubble: "It is true I have split Rails, but I begin to feel as if this Rail would split me. It's the hardest stick I ever straddled."

[edit] White man with Tribune

Speech bubble: "We can prove that you have split rails & that will ensure your election to this Presidency."

[edit] Rail

Reads: "Republican platform".

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Meaning 'master', used to represent Southern Black speech - as shown on dictionary.com

[edit] Summary

The Rail Candidate
Louis Maurer (1832–1932)
Lithograph, 1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Source: http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_railcandidate.html#

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