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Smithsonian Roulette

title: Henry Ward Beecher
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
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Jonathan Emmesedi

@SmithsonianRoulette

A fascinating and deeply problematic figure whose antebellum militant abolitionism was coupled with his postbellum support for a pro-business social darwinism.

The links and tensions between these two currents in Beecher's life are of continuing relevance to US progressives today.

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Feb 09, 2025, 10:37 PM·Public·Web
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