Boston Supporters Supporting the 54th

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John A. Andrew served as governor of Massachusetts between 1861 and 1866. A staunch abolitionist, Andrew advocated for and established the 54th Regiment, one of the first African American units in the American Civil War.




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Photograph of Governor John Albion Andrew taken between 1861 and 1866.

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