[Black interest] Swinnerton, J. Sam and His Laugh

Also titled 'And Sam Laughed'. New York, F.A. Stokes, 1906. Six-panel col. Sunday comic strips printed on front side of each sheet. Stiff pictorial wr. (worn). Obl. folio.

Title-p. and first page dam., otherwise in good condition. Good-natured black man Sam applies for various jobs in each strip and winds up getting fired after he laughs at his white employers. Controversial concept for the time period - a black man making fun of white people. Dated representations.