'Fear No Pharaoh': US Jews and slavery – from implicated to appalled
Arguing a case involving a slave revolt at sea early in his career, Benjamin echoed Shylock’s famous speech in Shakespeare’s ...
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This emancipation proclamation predates President Lincoln’s
Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham ... slavery and emancipation. His proclamation was controversial, ...
New book reinforces Lincoln was an abolitionist long before his presidency
The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...
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Great Americans: Abraham Lincoln
The film recounts the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his assassination at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, ...
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Lincoln, King Recalled in Goodwyn House Talk on Their Faiths
By Courtney Mussen The fruit of a collaboration between Goodwin House in Baileys Crossroads and the Concerned Citizens ...
‘Righteous Strife’ Review: Calling Heaven to the Union’s Cause
Facing the crisis of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln drew on religious feeling to help galvanize the North—and to bolster his ...