1869

Washington City, District of Columbia

Civil War, arrest, Lincoln, seizure, Yankee

In Lincoln’s time, public opinion vigilantly labeled a danger posed by their anti-Constitution imperialist. Lincoln was widely hated, caricatured, and actively opposed. His concern for government outweighed his concern for the people, their freedom, and prosperity. The Lincoln depicted with loyal troops and grateful slaves is far from the man exposed in John A. Marshall’s series from 1869 American...