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SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Perspectives: The Atlantic's Writers at the NPG

It was the spring of 1857. America was divided, and war would soon come. In Boston, some of the country's most esteemed writers gathered to launch a magazine, one that would argue against slavery and for the union. They had much in common: a profound hatred of human bondage; an equally profound love for America’s deepest values; and patrician, tripartite names (Jame...

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