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John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth (1838 - 1865) American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the then-recent abolition of slavery in the United States. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images).
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John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln.
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John Wilkes Booth (1838 - 1865) American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the then-recent abolition of slavery in the United States. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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22.3 x 28.7 cm | 8.8 x 11.3 in (300 dpi)