The First Colored Senator and Representatives, In the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States

by Currier and Ives

$7,500 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

New York: Currier and Ives, 1872. Lithograph, 13.75” x 11” sheet size . CONDITION: Very good, light toning and soiling. One of the earliest representations of the first seven African Americans to gain seats in Congress.On the far left is Hiram Rhodes Revels 1827–1901 , the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator. He was born a Freeman in North

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