Lincoln led through crisis by aligning decisive action with a long horizon, turning the fight to save the Union into a moral ...

In 1854, Sen. Stephen Douglas forced the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress. The bill, which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, also opened up a good portion of the Midwest to the possible ...

An animated Lincoln gives an AI-generated speech calling for an end to unpaid prison labor, which is allowed because of a clause in the 13th Amendment. America’s history of slavery shouldn’t be a ...

Some Americans had opposed slavery since colonial times. In 1777, Vermont was the first U.S. territory to ban slavery, and the state of Pennsylvania followed suit in 1780. By 1804, Northern states had ...

In encampments like Fort Monroe, Union forces in the Civil War were joined by thousands of African-Americans seeking liberty and protection.

As expected, your Missouri History Museum’s exquisite exhibit Lee and Grant is sparking the kind of discussion about the iconic generals, the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and slavery that ...

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough praised the bipartisan gun control plan made in the Senate on Sunday, comparing the actions to Abraham Lincoln ending slavery. Opening Monday’s "Morning Joe," co-host Mika ...

"I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a Whig" : Lincoln, the law, and the second party system -- "The monstrous injustice ...

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Abraham Lincoln's leadership is often remembered for reaching across the aisle – he tried to find compromises even in the most divisive times. But as successful as he was in saving the union, Lincoln ...

A new Disney+ streaming cartoon aimed at children features elements of Critical Race Theory, identifies one of the White characters in the show as guilty of "white fragility," denounces Abraham ...