John A. Logan in 1859
John Alexander Logan stands at center, holding a paper that states “No Interference with Slave-Hunters!” and looking over his left shoulder at two slave hunters rounding up a family of fugitive slaves. A similar scene is repeated in the background. Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, and Charles Sumner are standing on the left, watching in anger and with restraint. Caption: “You call it the dirty work of the Democratic Party to catch fugitive slaves for the Southern people. WE are willing to perform that dirty work.” –John Alexander Logan, in the Illinois State Legislature, Dec. 9th, 1859.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1884-07-09