Types of Mankind was a 700-page work first published in 1854, based in part on notes left behind by Samuel G. Morton (d. 1851). Morton was a physician and professor of anatomy who firmly believed that ...
Protest in Illinois legislature on slavery - March 3, 1837 -- Address before the young men's lyceum of Springfield, Illinois - January 27, 1838 -- AL to Mary Speed - September 27, 1841 -- Temperance ...
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has inspired Americans for generations, but consider his jarring remarks in 1862 to a White House audience of free blacks, urging them to leave the United States ...
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Abraham Lincoln officially recognized Thanksgiving during a time of national pain that mirrors modern-day life in Chicago.