(PHOTOGRAPHY) The Root of All Evil a pro slavery political c

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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) "The Root of All Evil," a pro-slavery political cartoon. Quarter plate ambrotype. Housed in a contemporary embossed leather case, with repaired clasps and embossed red velvet lining. Np, 1856

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An almost surreal image "drawn by J.B.," featuring a man in suit and top hat, in profile, his torso attached to a tree stump radiating roots labeled with the following terms: Abolition, New York Tribune, John Brown, Kansas Independent, Pike's Peak, Infidelity, Horace Greeley, Free Love, Uncle Tom, Maine Law, Know Nothing, Sharps Rifles, North Church, Jabot, Dred Scott, H.W. Beecher, and F. Douglass. Probably based on something appearing in a newspaper.