Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Life, Legacy, and Kentucky RootsThe film explores the life of Abraham Lincoln, highlighting his humble beginnings as a poor farm boy in Kentucky, his limited ...
The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free ...
With Abraham Lincoln’s 216th birthday Feb. 12 and Presidents’ Day Feb. 17, the lives of previous U.S. presidents can provide ...
In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold ...
Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...
What a difference a year makes—or in this case just four weeks since Trump’s inauguration—regarding the state of the nation ...
Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...
U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents. The federal ...
By Tracey Howerton Special to NKyTribune Have you ever written a letter to the President of the United States? Dr. Benjamin ...
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature ...
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