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History Now Essay

Douglass, Lincoln, and the Civil War

Chandra Manning

“Here comes my friend Douglass,” exclaimed President Abraham Lincoln in the East Room of the White House after delivering his Second Inaugural Address on March 4, 1865. As he grasped the hand of the distinguished abolitionist and...

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50 | Frederick Douglass at 200 Winter 2018

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Colonists Divided: A Revolution and a Civil War

Government and Civics

6, 7, 8

Background The Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Declaratory Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act were just a few of the many policies Great Britain enacted in the British North American colonies in the eighteenth century. To many...

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World War II Posters and Propaganda

Art, Government and Civics

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History Now Essay

Anti-Slavery before the Revolutionary War

Sylvia R. Frey

Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Anti-slavery is almost as old as slavery itself. Indeed it could easily be argued that the first enslaved person who jumped overboard or led an on-ship rebellion on the Middle Passage launched the anti-slavery movement. The modern...

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5 | Abolition Fall 2005

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The Cold War as a Culture War: Visualizing Values and the Role of Pop Culture

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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