History Now: The Journal

History Now, the online journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, features essays by the nation’s leading historians and provides the latest in American history scholarship for teachers, students, and general readers.

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The Influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era | Summer 2023

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