1867 Fort Kearny Indian Battle, "Southern Justice" Anti-Black, Wade — Mar 23 For Sale

🗞️ HARPERS WEEKLY · March 23, 1867
Complete Issue · New of the most historically significant issues of the entire 1867 run — a full-page illustration of the Fetterman Fight near Fort Phil Kearny, an eleven-scene double-page centerfold exposing violence against Black Americans in the Reconstruction South, Senator Benjamin Wade on the front page, a premature Livingstone obituary, the hippopotamus, Artemus Ward, and New York streetcars. A primary document of two of the defining crises of 1867: the Indian Wars and Reconstruction racial THE FETTERMAN FIGHT — FORT PHIL FULL PAGE — "THE INDIAN BATTLE AND MASSACRE NEAR FORT PHILIP KEARNEY, DAKOTA TERRITORY" WITH ARTICLE
A full-page illustration and article documenting the Fetterman Fight of December 21, 1866 — the worst defeat of the U.S. Army by Native American forces since the War of 1812, in which Captain William Fetterman and all 80 men under his command were killed by Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors near Fort Phil Kearny in present-day Wyoming. Fetterman had famously boasted he could ride through the entire Sioux nation with 80 men — a boast that proved fatal when he was lured into a trap by a decoy party led by Crazy Horse. The fight was the central event of Red Clouds War — the only war the United States ever lost to Native Americans — and a turning point in the history of the Great Plains Indian Wars. The article accompanying this illustration would have been among the first detailed published accounts of the disaster to reach the American public. A primary document of one of the most consequential military events in the history of the American West, confirmed by the House Divided Project and multiple historical archives. A significant and highly collectible piece of Indian Wars history and Western "SOUTHERN JUSTICE" — ANTI-BLACK DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "SOUTHERN JUSTICE" — ELEVEN PRINTS SHOWING HATRED TOWARDS AFRICAN AMERICANS
An extraordinary and historically significant eleven-scene double-page centerfold exposing the systematic violence and injustice directed at Black Americans in the Reconstruction South — what Harpers Weekly called "Southern Justice." Published just three weeks after the first Reconstruction Act, this centerfold is a direct editorial statement: while Congress was legislating Black rights, Southern whites were using violence, intimidation, and mockery of the legal system to deny them. The eleven scenes document the range of anti-Black violence and injustice — beatings, mockery of courts, intimidation — that characterized the Reconstruction South under President Johnsons lenient policies. Thomas Nast and Harpers Weekly were the most forceful Northern voices demanding Congressional Reconstruction, and "Southern Justice" is among the most powerful visual indictments of the anti-Black terror they produced. A primary document of Reconstruction-era racial violence and one of the most significant pieces of Black Americana in the entire Harpers Weekly run. Essential for any collection of civil rights history, African American history, and Reconstruction-era primary SENATOR BENJAMIN F. FULL FRONT PAGE — "BENJAMIN F. WADE, PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. SENATE"
A full front-page portrait of Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio — the President pro tempore of the Senate and one of the most powerful Radical Republicans in Congress, who stood next in line for the presidency after the Vice Presidency remained vacant following Lincolns assassination. Had Andrew Johnson been convicted in his impeachment trial of 1868 — which failed by a single vote — Wade would have become President. A significant piece of Reconstruction-era political INSIDE THE ILLUSTRATION — "THE LATE DR. LIVINGSTONE, THE AFRICAN EXPLORER"
An illustration accompanying a report on David Livingstone — who had not actually died but had been out of contact so long that he was widely believed dead. This premature obituary appeared two years before Henry Morton Stanleys famous 1871 expedition to find him, making this a fascinating and ironic primary document. Livingstone would not actually die until 1873.😂 ILLUSTRATION — "THE LATE CHARLES F. BROWNE (ARTEMUS WARD)"
A memorial illustration of Artemus Ward — the beloved American humorist and one of Abraham Lincolns favorite comedians, who had died on March 6, 1867, just two weeks before this issue. Wards comic sketches had influenced Mark Twain and the entire generation of American humorists who followed. A significant piece of American literary and comedy history.🚋 THREE ILLUSTRATIONS — "NEW YORK STREET RAILROAD CARS"
Three illustrations of New York City street railroad cars — a vivid piece of New York City transportation history, documenting the horse-drawn streetcar lines that were the citys primary mass transit in the Gilded Age.🦛 ILLUSTRATION — "THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, OR RIVER HORSE"
A natural history illustration of the hippopotamus — a vivid piece of Victorian natural history photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and dont hesitate to ask any questions — Im happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you ········ Harpers Weekly
Date ··············· March 23, 1867
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 SHIPPING & Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
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