Metadata Content type Content type Image Collection(s) Collection(s) Encyclopedia Virginia Title Title Title The Union as It Was. The Lost Cause, Worse Than Slavery. Resource Type Resource Type Image Description Description Man White League shaking hands with Ku Klux Klan member over shield illustrated with African American couple with dead(?) baby. In background, man hanging from tree. Illus. in: Harpers weekly, v. 18, no. 930 (1874 Oct. 24), p. 878. Local Identifier Local Identifier evr9831 Persons Persons Thomas Nast, artist: Creator (cre) Genre Genre Prints/Drawings Engraving Subject Subject Ku Klux Klan Thomas Nast Reconstruction lynching Note Note Note Type date/sequential designation Note October 24, 1874 Note Type creation/production credits Note Library of Congress URL URL http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001696840/ Restriction on Access Restriction on Access Open