Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government

Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government

JK9316.H38pt.8

1898-08-27

The roots of political cartooning can be traced back at least as far as the 16th-century Protestant Reformation in Germany. In America, credit for the first such cartoon is widely given to Benjamin Franklin’s famous “Join or Die”—a depiction of a snake cut into pieces, meant to represent the fate of the American colonies should they not act together.
In the 19th century, American cartoonists turned their attention to Hawai`i, publishing a variety of opinions on such events as the overthrow of Hawaiian Monarchy and annexation of the Islands by the United States.

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Hawaiian Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

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