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Dec 19, 2024
Today the immorality of chattel slavery is painfully obvious, but that has not always been the case. In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a black man like Dred Scott was...
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Dec 9, 2024
During this period of transition between presidential administrations – when pardons are typically issued in large numbers – it is useful to see how another president...
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Sep 30, 2024
In the years before the Civil War, slaveholders were the greatest threat to free speech in the United States. White Southerners used state laws, a congressional gag rule, suppression...
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Jul 24, 2024
It is easy to forget how unpopular Abraham Lincoln was during his lifetime. In fact, he was hated by much of the country—not only in the South, which seceded after his election...
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Feb 2, 2024
Dec 19, 2024Today the immorality of chattel slavery is painfully obvious, but that has not always been the case. In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a black man like Dred Scott was...
Dec 9, 2024During this period of transition between presidential administrations – when pardons are typically issued in large numbers – it is useful to see how another president...
Sep 30, 2024In the years before the Civil War, slaveholders were the greatest threat to free speech in the United States. White Southerners used state laws, a congressional gag rule, suppression...
Jul 24, 2024It is easy to forget how unpopular Abraham Lincoln was during his lifetime. In fact, he was hated by much of the country—not only in the South, which seceded after his election...