"Is Miss Dinah at Home? "
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This cartoon, originally drawn by Edward Williams Clay as one of fourteen in a series called "Life in Philadelphia," satirized the social conventions adopted by Philadelphia's blacks.
In the cartoon, a well dressed black man converses with a black woman, who holds forth a tray from a cellar door.
He asks, "Is Miss Dinah at home?
She replies, "Yes sir but she bery potickly engaged in washing de dishes."
He says, "Ah! I'm sorry I cant have the honour to pay my devours to her. Give her my card."
Image Credit: The Print and Picture Collection, The Free Library of Philadelphia
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