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Theory. Practice. Effect.
An unusual, three-part wood engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of the proslavery secret society, the Knights of the Golden Circle. Lincoln was shot by Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending…
The trial of Vall
Cartoon drawing in three scenes shows the trial and aftermath of Clement L. Vallandigham, a former Congressman and a Copperhead or peace Democrat, who in 1863 was arrested and tried on charges of treason relating to a speech he made while…