In his address, Lincoln called on the assemblage to dedicate themselves to the “unfinished business” of ending the war, preserving the Union, and vanquishing slavery. On November 19, 1863, Abraham ...
Landmark rulings that help shape American society—like Brown v. Board of Education or Obergefell v. Hodges—are descendants of a long line of past cases that often fade into obscurity. Albert ...
NMAH copy purchased with funds from the NMAH Library Endowment. Explains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how ...
Bernard Lynch’s “Slave Pen” at 5th and Myrtle Streets was the epicenter of the slave trade in St. Louis in 1852. (Credit: Public Domain.) Listen NEW YORK – A new report on the history of slavery in ...
Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield. While many ...
The Experiment Continues: Recalling America’s pre-Civil War struggle with slavery | Guest Commentary
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield. While many ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback