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Category Archives: Civil War Politics
Why Frederick Douglass Despised, Then Loved Abraham Lincoln
The Friendship of Lincoln and Douglass When Mary Todd Lincoln was gathering her belongings to leave the White House after the death of her husband, she decided to give his favorite walking cane to a man she knew the martyred … Continue reading
Posted in Abolition and Emancipation, African American History, Civil War Politics
Tagged Abolitionism, Abraham Lincoln, African American Civil War history, Black soldiers in the Civil War, Civil War leadership, Emancipation Proclamation, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass speeches, Fugitive Slave Law, Lincoln and Douglass, Lincoln and emancipation, Slavery and the Constitution
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Why Abraham Lincoln Refused to Respect Jefferson Davis
Was the Confederacy a New Nation? History records that Jefferson Davis was the first president of the Confederate States of America. But there was one man who never conceded to Davis the dignity of that title. That man was Abraham … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Civil War Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Stephens, Confederate government, Confederate insurgents, Confederate States of America, Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln and secession, Lincoln political strategy, Secession and the Constitution, Union preservation, Was the Confederacy a nation
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