1880 - 1900
6.4 Evaluate the effect of racial segregation on various regions and segments of American society.

Public racial stereotyping was a common image across much of the South for several centuries. These images were meant to demean and humiliate and were essential ingredients to the maintenance of oppression of one group by another, including the use of dehumanizing humor. These postcards are part of a collection that were manufactured and sold nationally from Asheville.

Postcard of unidentified mountain man in front of White Man's Bar (corner of Eagle Street and Biltmore Avenue) late 1800's. NC Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC

Postcard of unidentified mountain youths late 1800's. NC Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC

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