On March 4, 1865, Frederick Douglass attended President Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration. Standing in the crowd, Douglass heard Lincoln declare slavery the “cause”...
The dominant narrative of the entire women’s...
State law rather than federal law governed women’s rights in the early republic. The authority of state law meant that...
James Monroe’s two terms in office as president of the United States (1817–1825) are often called the “Era of...
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His long-time law...
Stephen Douglas was the first in a long line of observers...
“We the People?” asked Patrick Henry at the Virginia convention to...