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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: A Prophetic Vision of National Atonement

The Weight of History on March 4, 1865 When Abraham Lincoln stood to deliver his second inaugural address on March […]

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The Struggle for Freedom: America’s Debate Over Slavery and Reconstruction

The Weight of the Question As the Civil War raged in 1863, a profound question haunted the American consciousness: “What […]

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The Emancipation Proclamation: A Turning Point in American History

The Historical Context of the Emancipation Proclamation The American Civil War (1861–1865) was not initially fought to abolish slavery but […]

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The Hunter Affair and Lincoln’s Path to Emancipation: A Pivotal Moment in Civil War Policy

The Political Crossroads of 1862 As General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac advanced in the Peninsula Campaign during the […]

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The Road to Emancipation: How Fugitive Slaves Forced the Civil War’s Transformation

The Spark of Freedom: Fugitives Challenge the Union On March 11, 1861—one week after Lincoln’s inauguration and a month before […]

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Lincoln’s Rise and the Crisis of Union: The Road to Civil War

The Making of a National Figure By 1859, Abraham Lincoln had emerged as a prominent figure within the Republican Party, […]

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The Dred Scott Decision: A Landmark Case That Divided a Nation

The Historical Context of Slavery and the Supreme Court In March 1857, just two days after James Buchanan’s inauguration as […]

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Lincoln’s Peoria Speech: The Turning Point in America’s Slavery Debate

The Political Landscape Before the Peoria Address In the early 1850s, America stood at a crossroads regarding the expansion of […]

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Abraham Lincoln: The Making of a Whig Statesman and the Road to Emancipation

The Rise of Lincoln’s Political Identity in the Whig Party In 1859, Abraham Lincoln famously declared, “I have always been […]

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The Formative Years of Abraham Lincoln: Slavery, Society, and the Seeds of Opposition

The World of Young Lincoln: Slavery on the Frontier Abraham Lincoln’s famous 1864 declaration—”I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is […]

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