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American Abolitionist Reformer Henry Ward Beecher -Original Portrait CDV Photo For Sale
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American Abolitionist Reformer Henry Ward Beecher -Original Portrait CDV Photo:
$45.00
American Abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher -Victorian Carte de Visite. - - - DESCRIPTION & CONDITION: Henry Ward Beecher [1813-1887] was one of the more entertaining figures in a century known for being chock full of such people, and is a perfect example of a man whose life necessitates the use of the phrase, “Well, it’s complicated”. Wikipedia contributes my favorite one-sentence summation of his life when it begins its’ article on him by stating- “Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial”.
The brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Beecher variously championed laws that would give women the legal right to vote and remove everybody’s ability to legally drink. He was a staunch Abolitionist who raised money to send rifles to fellow Abolitionists in Kansas during the ‘Bloody Kansas’ period, musing that a rifle was more useful there than “a hundred Bibles”. He advocated for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in the Animal Kingdom and championed Social Darwinism in the Kingdom of Man, believing that “captains of industry” were the natural leaders of Society. He supported migrants and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, while being staunchly anti-union, preaching that "Man cannot live by bread alone but the man who cannot live on bread and water is not fit to live," and "If you are being reduced, go down boldly into poverty".
And then there were the issues of his rumored multiple mistresses and a series of free-love adultery trials that the national press obsessed over for months. But that’s a story for another day. As we said at the beginning, when it came to Henry Ward Beecher, well- it’s complicated. Carte de Visite. 2.5”x4”. Minor soil, light wear. SHIPPING NOTES: We combine shipping charges on orders for more than one item- you pay the shipping fee for your first item, and any other items that you order at the same time are shipped with it for no additional charge [If you buy more than one item please ask us to send a revised invoice before you pay]. All ephemera & photos are shipped USPS ‘Ground Advantage’ (which used to be First Class Package) in a board-reinforced card mailer with a large red DO NOT BEND sticker. Stock #50901
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