Emancipation
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007As far as I’m concerned, today is Robert Gould Shaw Day. I encourage you to celebrate his 170th birthday by reading a bit about him. Why not stop at the video store on the way home from work and rent Glory, starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington? Shaw entered the world on October 10, 1837 [...]
“That is the last Speech He Will Ever Make.”
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant just days earlier. The end of the most tragic war in American history was finally at hand. From a second floor window, Lincoln spoke to a celebratory crowd that had gathered on the White House lawn. “We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness [...]
The Hodges Letter
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007Three prominent Kentuckians visited the White House on Saturday morning. The president knew the meeting was going to be contentious. The men were unhappy with the Union Army’s recruitment of black soldiers in their state. But it went well. Kentucky Governor Thomas E. Bramlette, former U.S. Senator Archibald Dixon, and newspaper editor Albert G. Hodges walked away from [...]
Gradual Plan of Compensated Emancipation
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007Abraham Lincoln hoped that a grand plan of compensated emancipation might bring a speedy end to the rebellion. Though Senator Charles Sumner doubted the plan’s success, he worked with the president and his cabinet. On March 6, 1862, the president sent a special message to Congress, calling for a joint resolution offering “pecuniary aid” to [...]
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