This item purporting to be from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1880, was recently listed on eBay, without explanation. It features a caricature of a Black man holding a large slice of watermelon. The “caption” reads: “This Ones Mine.” And the name and town are given as John Stump, Gratz. The date is 1880.
Perhaps a blog reader can a explain this. Who was John Stump and what is this about?
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[African American].