Slavery Abolition

PITTSBURGH — (AP) — On a hot July Monday in 1872, 23-year-old Benjamin W. Thomas climbed the steps of a Downtown Pittsburgh bank guarded by two massive, hand-carved stone lions. Standing in a room with black and white marble floors, white marble counters, a ceiling adorned by a circle of…

The Republican Party, which some of us still hope to reform and which others have left, no longer deals in principle, morality, or the pursuit of the common welfare. February 27, 2020 Independent political strategist and adviser for the Lincoln Project National political strategist and adviser for the Lincoln Project…

SmartNews Keeping you current Miami-Dade County commissioners unanimously approved plans to rename local stretches of Dixie Highway A Dixie Highway marker on Georgia State Route 3 (Michael Rivera via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0) smithsonianmag.com February 25, 2020 Dixie Highway, a 5,786-mile route spanning ten states, stretches from Michigan…

In the throes of the worst crisis in American history, the Civil War, Democrats in Congress repeatedly attacked Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and even his fellow Republicans questioned his competence and investigated his generals. Beleaguered though he often felt, Lincoln never claimed that Congress lacked the authority to challenge…

Those five famous words from the Declaration of Independence sound simple enough: all men are created equal. For nearly 250 years, the U.S. has leaned on that founding proposition. In theory, its meaning is clear. In practice, battles have raged—sometimes literally—over what it means, not just for American government but…

Lincoln's leadership during one of the greatest conflicts in human history was a profile in ... courageous genius. Getty It's that time of year when we're reminded of the life of one of the most famous people in the history of modern civilization. What follows is a little history and…

Candace Owens, Bernie Sanders, and Lyndon B Johnson (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon) Owens compared Sanders to Lyndon B. Johnson, a president who signed landmark civil rights legislation Matthew Rozsa February 19, 2020 1:02AM (UTC) Conservative commentator Candace Owens told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on her Monday broadcast that Bernie Sanders is "the…

A group of African-American scholars has come together to confront the negative view of United States history depicted in The New York Times’ 1619 Project, which, among other falsehoods, holds that a primary reason the colonists declared independence from Great Britain was to protect slavery. The 1619 Project derives its…

Abraham Lincoln, who preserved the Union and ended slavery, is our greatest president while immediate predecessor James Buchanan, who dithered and dallied while war clouds gathered, is the worst of 43 presidents.Ronald Reagan, who ended the Cold War without firing a shot and restored Americans’ confidence in themselves, ranks ninth…

Abraham Lincoln, who preserved the Union and ended slavery, is our greatest president while immediate predecessor James Buchanan, who dithered and dallied while war clouds gathered, is the worst of 43 presidents. Ronald Reagan, who ended the Cold War without firing a shot and restored Americans’ confidence in themselves, ranks…