Content note: Full-page period caricature of a Black Jamaican man, a white planter and a clergyman, made in the context of the 1865 Morant Bay killings. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Punch, 'The Jamaica Question' (Tenniel), 23 December 1865
Full-page Punch cartoon from the Eyre controversy after the Morant Bay rising. Between a bearded white planter and a Black Jamaican man walks a long-faced clergyman; the caption has the planter ask 'Am not I a man and brother, too, Mr. Stiggins?'. Tells: the Dickens name 'Stiggins' used as a label for the critic, and the abolitionist slogan 'Man and Brother' turned to the planter's use.
- Date
- December 23, 1865
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Punch, or the London Charivari (London weekly); cartoon by John Tenniel (monogram)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Russell Government
- Leader
- Earl Russell
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Techniques
- Name-callingSemantic hijacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Internet Archive (Punch 1865: Vol 49, Serials in Microfilm), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by publication date (London 1865; Tenniel d. 1914)
John Tenniel, Punch, or the London Charivari, 23 December 1865, p. 249. Internet Archive, item sim_punch_1865_49. Scan: Internet Archive (Serials in Microfilm), whose item page states no rights.
Text on the object
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.-DECEMBER 23, 1865. THE JAMAICA QUESTION. WHITE PLANTER. "AM NOT I A MAN AND BROTHER, TOO, MR. STIGGINS?"
Full text of the page: masthead, title and caption. The Black Jamaican figure is shown as drawn, in a caricatured style typical of the period.
