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Frederick Douglass, ca. 1880s. (GLC07926.02)

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Allies for Emancipation? Black Abolitionists and Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was not an original advocate of abolition. In fact we know that his journey to what he called “the central act of my administration, and the great event of the nineteenth century” was a relatively slow, though continuous...

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“Your Late Lamented Husband”: A Letter from Frederick Douglass to Mary Todd Lincoln

On March 4, 1865, Frederick Douglass attended President Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration. Standing in the crowd, Douglass heard Lincoln declare slavery the “cause”...

Athletic Sports, 1887. (Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Div.)

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Why Sports History Is American History

In the classroom, examples from sports can explain key events in American history and help explore how people in American society have grappled with racial, ethnic, and regional differences in...

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Sisters of Suffrage: British and American Women Fight for the Vote

The dominant narrative of the entire women’s...

“The Life and Age of Woman,” by A. Alden, Barre, MA, ca. 1835. (LC-DIG-pga-0350)

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The Legal Status of Women, 1776–1830

State law rather than federal law governed women’s rights in the early republic. The authority of state law meant that...

Monticello, Charlottesville, VA, ca. 1978. (Library of Congress, P&P, HABS)

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When the Past Speaks to the Present: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest in, and historical scholarship about, American...

St. Louis Brown’s pitcher Satchel Paige, 1952. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-18778)

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Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow

Satchel Paige was pitching in the Negro Leagues in California when he got the news he had been anticipating for two decades. Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey had just signed...

“Taboas geraes de toda a navegação” by João Teixeira Albernaz, 1630. (LOC Maps)

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Iberian Roots of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1440–1640

In its broadest sense, African American history predates the history of the United...

Fragment of Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech, ca. 1857. (GLC02533)

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Lincoln and Abolitionism

Abraham Lincoln immortalized himself in American history by the role that he played in...

“National picture: Behold oh! America, your sons . . .” 1865. (LC-DIG-pga-04149)

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Natural Rights, Citizenship Rights, State Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race

Stephen Douglas was the first in a long line of observers...