That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery, although both sides sometimes ... Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Horace Greeley, Aug. 22, 1862. 42. Douglass, What the Black Man Wants, Jan ...

“The organisers of that meeting sent a letter to Abraham Lincoln declaring support for the blockade, saying they were going through great hardship but that the fight against slavery was more ...

As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that slaves should be emancipated, advocating a program in which they would be freed gradually. Early in his presidency, still convinced that gradual ...

Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that had ripped the United States apart during the 1850s, as slavery became a critical political ... Major Acts In practical terms, the ...

The South wished to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping them open ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed ...