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J.J. Smith, Suffolk Dir.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

J.J. Smith, Suffolk Dir.

Marshall, Augustus, 1835-1916 · [ca. 1870]

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A rare carte-de-visite portrait of African American barber, abolitionist, civil rights activist, and politician John J. Smith of Boston, taken during one of his three terms as a state legislator.

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