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Political cartoon (attributed to James Turner for Benjamin Franklin)

Political cartoon depicting Thaddeus Stevens (seated) as ""Dr. North"" advising the South to have its legs amputated by means of a Constitutional Amendment. Thaddeus Stevens (1792 - 1868), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was a leader of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against black Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, leading the opposition to U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

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Title: Political cartoon (attributed to James Turner for Benjamin Franklin)

Caption: Political cartoon depicting Thaddeus Stevens (seated) as ""Dr. North"" advising the South to have its legs amputated by means of a Constitutional Amendment. Thaddeus Stevens (1792 - 1868), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was a leader of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against black Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, leading the opposition to U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

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Image size: 3402 × 4228 px | 41.2 MB

Print size: 28.8 × 35.8 cm | 1339.4 × 1664.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1860S • ADVISING • AMERICAN HISTORY • AMPUTATED LEGS • ANDREW JOHNSON • BLACK AMERICANS • CAPTION • CARICATURE • CARICATURES • CARTOON • CIVIL RIGHTS • CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT • DISCRIMINATION • DR. NORTH • FACTION • FIERCE OPPONENT • HISTORICAL FIGURE • IMAGE • LEADER • LEADING • MEMBER • OPPOSITION • PENNSYLVANIA • POLITICAL CARTOON • RADICAL FACTION • RADICAL REPUBLICAN • RECONSTRUCTION ERA • RECONSTRUCTION • REPUBLICAN PARTY • RIGHTS • RINGLEADER • SEARCH PORTAL • SLAVERY • SOUTH • THADDEUS STEVENS • UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • UNSPECIFIED