But the political manipulation of violence after John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), on October 16, 1859, the launch of an inquisition against the ...
In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order to ...
Eight score and three years ago—on Sept. 22, 1862—President Abraham Lincoln issued a bold executive order, now known as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, that changed the meaning of the Civil ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the ...