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“The Great Fear of The Period that Uncle Sam May Be Swallowed By Foreigners”

“The Great Fear of The Period that Uncle Sam May Be Swallowed By Foreigners”

by Zohair Rasheed | Apr 23, 2026

This political cartoon, published by a San Francisco Lithography firm called White and Bauer,  between 1860 and 1869, captures the widespread fear and prejudice Americans had towards the waves of new immigrants entering the United States during the mid 1800s. The...

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