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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05596.18 |
| From Archive Folder | Cartes de visite of Civil War era Northern statesmen and others |
| Title | Carte de visite bust portrait of Thaddeus Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Stevens was a fierce opponent of slavery and fought to secure rights for African Americans during Reconstruction. As chairman of the Ways and Means Committee during the American Civil War, he played a major part in financing the war. |
| Subjects | Civil War American Statesmen Abolition Slavery African American History Reform Movement |
| People | Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |