'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, ...
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The Missouri Compromise: Slavery, Congress, and the 1820 Crisis
The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision intensified the debate over slavery, ultimately leading to the election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of Southern states, marking the onset of the ...
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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 ...