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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05889 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Democratic Creed! |
| Date | ca. 1862-1863 |
| Author | Bumm, Harry (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | National Union illustrated election broadside. "Democratic Creed! Love Creed! Love for Civilization and Niggers!... Worship of Southern aristocracy! Sneer for Northern Mechanics." An anti-slavery and anti-Democrat broadside for National Union candidate Harry Bumm. Appeals to the working class. Indirectly refers to the competition for jobs by free black labor in the North. The broadside quotes a supposed letter from Bumm's opponent for Philadelphia city treasurer, John Brodhead, to Jefferson Davis. Brodhead is said to have Southern sympathies and favor the institution of slavery over having a free working class. Sheet two features an uncomplimentary engraving of a southern plantation. Sheet three has an engraving of a group of well-dressed people going on the American Mechanics excursion to Atlantic City. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Election Politics African American History Democratic Party Confederate States of America Civil War Confederate General or Leader Slavery |
| People | Bumm, Harry (fl. 1862) Brohead, John (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Harry Bumm is likely a pseudonym. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |