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Benjamin R. Tillman, as “Simon Legree,” whips a black man labeled “Negro Voter.” Caption: Simon Legree Tillman — Don’t I own you, body and soul, you black dog? / Uncle Tom — Yuh may own mah body, Marse Tillman, but mah soul belongs t’ de Republican Pahty!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-11-07
A large bull labeled “Beef Trust,” wearing a crown, sits on its haunches, with its front hooves crushing a “Cattle Raiser” and a “Consumer.” A jester labeled “Anti-Trust Laws” is flogging it with two bags or balloons labeled “Fines” attached to a stick. Caption: “There, you bad, wicked Beef Trust! Take that!!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-09-20
A man labeled “‘Independent’ Labor,” tied to a post labeled “Organized Tyranny,” is being whipped by a man labeled “Professional Entertainer.” In the background, a factory is burning.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-06-07
Samuel Parks, recently released from prison on extortion charges, and still wearing his prison stripes, cracks a whip over the heads of two diminutive figures, one labeled “Capital” and the other labeled “Labor.” Sam Parks was a union walking delegate, a mediator of sorts between laborer and employer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-10-14
A Sequoya League investigation of Charles E. Burton, superintendent and special distributing agent of the Navajo and Moqui (Hopi) Indians, has found that Burton has “repeatedly and flagrantly violated” service rules by flogging Native Americans. Burton also forced Native American men to cut their hair. An official government investigation found wrongdoing but could not substantiate all of the Sequoya League’s findings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09