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This article from the Wilmington Messenger stresses that the 1898 election is essentially about race and not politics. It explains for each party to vote in their own racial interests, most likely advocating votes for the Democratic party. The…

The cartoon suggests that the Republican party is rallying Populist voters to support their cause. The cartoon depicts the farmer rejecting the Republican uniform in the name of honor, not giving into the inferior Republican agenda. This was…

This political cartoon helped to push the racist rhetoric of the Democratic party in the 1898 election. Portrayed in this visual is the ideal that the "negroe" dominates the white community. This is their call to put an end to the supposed negroe…

This political cartoon was used during the election of 1898 by the Democratic party to illustrate the dangers African-Americans posed to white men and women.