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title: Union and liberty! And union and slavery!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/union-and-liberty-1864/
description: A wood-engraving by Martin W. Siebert attacking the Democratic platform's opposition to emancipation.
section: Collection
---

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# Union and liberty! And union and slavery!

A wood-engraving by Martin W. Siebert attacking the Democratic platform's opposition to emancipation. The print frames the election as a choice between union with freedom or union with slavery, attacking McClellan Democrats as willing to preserve slavery to restore the Union.

[← Grand banner of the radical democracy, for 1864](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/radical-democracy-banner-1864/) [Abraham's dream!--Coming events cast their shadows before →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abrahams-dream-1864/)

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