What Will He Do With Them?

What Will He Do With Them?


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Title: What Will He Do With Them?

Year: 1862

Creator: Vanity Fair

Description: President Lincoln is portrayed as a vendor of birds in the days after he issued the Draft Emancipation Proclamation.
He says: “Darn these here blackbirds. If nobody won’t buy them I’ll have to open cages and let ‘em fly.”