Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Steven Hahn addressed a room filled with students, faculty, staff and community members on Feb. 12 during Rowan University’s annual Presidents Day Lecture.
In 1854, Sen. Stephen Douglas forced the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress. The bill, which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, also opened up a good portion of the Midwest to the possible ...
PEKIN, Illinois — A Black woman who was born a slave, Nance Legins-Costley and her extraordinary story didn’t make it into the history books. The longtime Pekin resident’s freedom was the subject of a ...
Editor’s note: The following lightly edited excerpt is from Chicago writer Edward Robert McClelland’s new book, “Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to ...
A visit to Newcastle, England, in 1846 led to one of the most consequential friendships in the history of abolitionism. There, historians believe, Frederick Douglass, 28, met Julia Griffiths, a ...
The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at $3–5 million) are both signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The landmark documents, rarely seen ...
Abraham Lincoln's leadership is often remembered for reaching across the aisle – he tried to find compromises even in the most divisive times. But as successful as he was in saving the union, Lincoln ...
In the years leading up to the Civil War, Lockport had become a fulcrum point for abolitionists, according to researcher Lindsey Minas.
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