The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation?
A) Free blacks taking white jobs
B) Interracial marriage
C) Revenge killing of white slave owners by free blacks
D) The economic collapse of the South

Question

The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation? 
A) Free blacks taking white jobs 
B) Interracial marriage 
C) Revenge killing of white slave owners by free blacks 
D) The economic collapse of the South

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The lithograph portrays a white family sitting down to a meal with grotesque and monstrous black figures sitting around the table as well. The caption reads "The Fruits of Amalgamation," referring to interracial marriage between blacks and whites. The anxiety depicted in the image is over the mixing of races, and the possibility of a breakdown in racial hierarchy and social order.

The Lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" Portrays Anxiety Over What