On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

Taking these facts and principles as the basis of calculation, we have the following result for each State of the Union: States. Free People. Slaves. Aggregate. Alabama..... 500,000 420,000 920,000.

After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United ... where everyone was free. It is believed to be the only village in the United States founded by formerly enslaved soldiers.

A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery ... about their future in the United States, even after the order was rescinded, which I think ...