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John Brown
Title
John Brown
Description
Painting of John Brown by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1870.
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Image
Date
1870
John Brown Brought Out for Execution
Title
John Brown Brought Out for Execution
Description
Pencil drawing by Albert Berghaus of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting Abolitionist John Brown being brought out of jail in Charles Town, Virgina, to be executed for his failed raid on Harpers Ferry.
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Image
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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Lydia Maria Francis Child
Description
Silhouette of Lydia Maria Francis Child by Auguste Edouart, 1841. Child published the poem, "The Kansas Emigrants," in the New York Daily Tribune on October 23, 1856, in reponse to the caning of Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks.
Object Type
Image
Date
1841
James Buchanan
Title
James Buchanan
Description
Engraving of James Buchanan by John Chester Buttre from 1857.
Object Type
Image
Date
1857
Andrew Johnson
Title
Andrew Johnson
Description
Lithograph of Andrew Johnson, circa 1865.
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Image
Charles Sumner
Title
Charles Sumner
Description
Lithograph of Senator Charles Sumner. The nation was polarized after Representative Preston Brooks (Democrat, South Carolina) caned antislavery Senator Charles Sumner (Republican, Massachusetts) nearly to death in the U.S. Senate chambers on May 22, 1856. Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speech called "The Crime against Kansas" two days before, and he spent the next three years recovering from his injuries. Southerners sent Brooks canes as a show of solidarity on the slavery issue.
Object Type
Image
General Nathaniel Lyon
Title
General Nathaniel Lyon
Description
Illustration of General Nathaniel Lyon by Joseph Edward Baker.
Object Type
Image
Date
1861
Republican Banner for 1860
Title
Republican Banner for 1860
Description
Republican Party banner for the 1860 Presidential campaign featuring Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president.
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Image
Date
1860
Assassination of President Lincoln
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Assassination of President Lincoln
Description
Joseph Edward Baker painting of John Wilkes Booth fleeing the scene of President Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater.
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Image