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Depicted ContentPresident Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
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A BLACK PROSPECT FOR THE GREATEST OF "THE ANDY'S(sic)." 1st Colored Pusson - "Dat's perfectly orful, Sambo. Don't say so?" 2nd Ditto. - "Yas, Cuffee, de President, by vetoing dat bill, has lost my good opinion!"
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 21, 1866, 80.