Gerechtigkeit!.
1873
Thomas Nast was the rockstar of 19th-century political cartoons, and this fierce illustration is a perfect example of his bite. Lady Justice isn't blindfolded here; she's wide-eyed and furious, pointing at a rigged scale where a single 'White Man' is weighed against a pile of 'Six Blacks.' It's a savage critique of the Reconstruction era, highlighting a legal system where black lives were treated as disposable. In the background, the Declaration of Independence gets stabbed by a sword while KKK posters fly on the wall, proving that America's founding ideals were being violently ignored.
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