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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Douglass taken during the Civil War. Albumen copy-print photograph, 3½ x 2 inches, on plain period mount; minimal wear. [Chicago, IL, late February 1864] Probably the most popular war-date portrait of Douglass. He was in Chicago to deliver two lectures just across the street from Fassett's studio on 25 and 28 February 1864. See "Picturing Frederick Douglass," #28 and page 24.

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick

Name: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick
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