Lincoln hated slavery but he was not an abolitionist, according to Civil War historian and author James Oakes in his latest book, “The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the ...

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago this week, has often been criticized by blacks, by radicals and also by mainstream historians who doubt its ...

Lincoln was a great man and president, and he abhorred slavery, but he was not an abolitionist. He believed slavery would die out over an extended period of time.

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free. This version, signed in 1864, had been expected to sell for ...

LITCHFIELD -- Abraham Lincoln has a post-mortem identity crisis. He's been called an abolitionist, a racist, an atheist, a deeply religious man, a conservative, a liberal and, most recently, a ...

One hundred and fifty years since he was assassinated (on April 14, 1865), Abraham Lincoln is considered by many historians as our greatest president. The praise Lincoln garners from historians ...

In 1860, Douglass threw his support behind Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, ... Douglass continued to tirelessly advocate for the total abolition of slavery and civil rights for those freed.

There were many critics of slavery’s abolition. ... write a 1-2 page essay supporting a position on how Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery should be remembered today.

But, in the middle and late 1850s, as Lincoln shifted from the Whigs to the newly-formed Republican Party, slavery became much more central to Lincoln and the years being “quiet about it” ended.

Civil War historian James Oakes examined how Abraham Lincoln thoughout his political career used the Constitution to abolish slavery. This was a virtual event hosted by the Massachusetts ...