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THE 13TH AMENDMENT (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--PHOTOGRAPHY.) LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Composite photograph of the members of Congress who voted 'Aye' for the 13th Amendment. 9 x 8 inch oval albumen photograph, on the original mount 12 x 10 1/2 inches. together with the original 'key' to the photograph, identifying everyone. Np [Washington, D.C.: George M. Powell, circa 1866]
a fine, clear copy of this rare photographic montage. The great statesman and Republican Leader of the House, Thaddeus Stevens believed the Reconstruction amendments added to the Constitution provided an opportunity to create 'the more perfect union' that Lincoln mentioned in his Gettysburg Address. Unfortunately, there were too few follow-up provisions for the nearly four million people who were suddenly free, but essentially homeless and jobless.
