Throwing Down the Ladder by Which They Rose” 1870

This small, simple cartoon has a powerful message. Irish and German foreigners were allowed to enter the United States as immigrants - climbed the ladder "Emigration" and subsequently rose in status in America, the land of opportunity. In the cartoon, the last of the European immigrants scales the wall, his back end visible as he…

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