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 ...

Abraham Lincoln cited an Alton church rift. The slavery fight behind it was fierce in 1856 ...

Abraham Lincoln always thought slavery was unjust — but struggled with what to do once slavery ended. Historian Eric Foner traces how Lincoln's... Lincoln's Evolving Thoughts On Slavery, And Freedom ...

Foreword / Joan L. Flinspach -- Introduction / Harold Holzer -- Slavery during Lincoln's lifetime / James Oliver Horton -- Lincoln's critique of Dred Scott as a vindication of the Founding / Joseph R.

Prologue : the bread pill -- The antebellum context. The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution ; Antislavery politics and the problem of the constitution ; The Republican Party, ...

Editor’s note: The following lightly edited excerpt is from Chicago writer Edward Robert McClelland’s new book, “Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to ...

It was 1860 and America was at an inflection point. It wasn’t just slavery that was on trial: the Founding Fathers’ vision itself was up for grabs. A growing segment of America’s population—mostly in ...

A constitutional crisis, a nation divided, a president testing his powers. I’m referring to Abraham Lincoln, of course — which Republican did you think I meant? With the United States these days ...

On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time. The setting itself reflected how much had changed in the past four years. When Lincoln delivered his first inaugural ...