Frank Rowell, photographer (Boston, Mass.) John Albion Andrew, carte-de-visite, ca. 1860.

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John Andrew's defense of John Brown catapulted him to the forefront of Massachusetts politics. Andrew was elected governor in 1860 by a large majority, which outraged the South and contributed to secession, war, and emancipation.

bMS Am 1910 – Gift of Mrs. Lloyd K. Garrison, Mrs. Alexander D. Harvey, Frances Jay, and Mrs. Lawrence Fox, 1975.