I am naturally antislavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel.Continuing Lincoln's
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Lincoln Revises Proclamation
Mr. Lincoln took the various manuscript notes and memoranda which his Cabinet advisers brought him on the 31st of December, and during that afternoon
Cabinet’s Response to Draft Proclamation
The criticisms submitted by Mr. Chase were quite long and full, and since they suggested the most distinctive divergence from the President's plan . .
Cabinet Meeting on Draft Proclamation
From the manuscript letters and memoranda we glean more fully the modifications of the amendments proposed by the several members of the
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: President’s Message to Congress.IntroductionLincoln’s Emancipation of
Legacy of the Louisiana Purchase
Today's installment concludes The Louisiana Purchase,our selection from The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry S. Randall published in 1858. For
Agreement About Louisiana Reached
And let us not withhold from the Consul of France the credit which is due him for approaching and approving the proceedings of such a
Jefferson’s Diplomacy Impresses Napoleon
And let us not withhold from the Consul of France the credit which is due him for approaching and approving the proceedings of such a
Power Politics and Louisiana
But the question was, in commercial phrase, would the contest “pay”? Was it worth while to wage a war with so distant a power while the marine of