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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

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How Ulysses S. Grant Overcame Depression and Addiction to Win the Civil War

A Military Hero the Army Didn’t Want At the start of the Civil War, Ulysses Grant had great credentials to be given an important military assignment. He had graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1843, … Continue reading

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