In February 1860, Abraham Lincoln, an unknown lawyer from the West with no formal education, delivered a speech before a New York audience that transformed him into a serious presidential contender.

To set the context: Lincoln spoke at Cooper Union on February 27, 1860. The speech was given in the dark shadow of John Brown’s raid, which had occurred in October 1859 and led to Brown’s ...

On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln addressed the Young Men's Republican Union in Cooper Union's Great Hall arguing against allowing slavery in the Western territories. This electrifying speech ...

Lincoln knew both of those claims to be false and set about proving it in his Cooper Union Address. His challenge was daunting because the Founding Fathers were themselves a large group of men ...

Author Harold Holzer discussed the significance of this address Abraham Lincoln made in New York City on February 27, 1860.

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TRIBUTES TO LINCOLN AT COOPER UNION; Mayor McClellan, Joseph H. Choate, and Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott Honor His Memory. TABLET TO HIM UNVEILED Women Give One Commemorating His Cooper Union Speech at ...