The Weight of History on March 4, 1865 When Abraham Lincoln stood to deliver his second inaugural address on March […]
The Weight of the Question As the Civil War raged in 1863, a profound question haunted the American consciousness: “What […]
The Historical Context of the Emancipation Proclamation The American Civil War (1861–1865) was not initially fought to abolish slavery but […]
The Political Crossroads of 1862 As General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac advanced in the Peninsula Campaign during the […]
The Spark of Freedom: Fugitives Challenge the Union On March 11, 1861—one week after Lincoln’s inauguration and a month before […]
The Making of a National Figure By 1859, Abraham Lincoln had emerged as a prominent figure within the Republican Party, […]
The Historical Context of Slavery and the Supreme Court In March 1857, just two days after James Buchanan’s inauguration as […]
The Political Landscape Before the Peoria Address In the early 1850s, America stood at a crossroads regarding the expansion of […]
The Rise of Lincoln’s Political Identity in the Whig Party In 1859, Abraham Lincoln famously declared, “I have always been […]
The World of Young Lincoln: Slavery on the Frontier Abraham Lincoln’s famous 1864 declaration—”I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is […]
