The real name of this image is Life in Philadelphia and it is a May 1829 caricature...but a caricature of what is up to you to decide. The story behind the image is that the woman asks the salesperson for flesh colored stockings, and he happily obliged. We see the stockings that he is holding, right? Well, White Americans may have been more amused at the concept of the Black Bourgeoisie (shown here in her attire) as opposed to being amused at the flesh colored stockings. The image is supposedly not an overtly racist one. I'll let you be the judge.
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