Gettysburg Address: Compare and Contrast
Gettysburg Address: Compare and Contrast
Stephen A. Douglas, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas debates are an excellent reflection of the time period…and unfortunately kind of tarnish the amazing rep that Lincoln has as a do-or-die abolitionist. We know, we're sorry. At...
Abraham Lincoln, "House Divided" Speech
Before his historic presidency, and before the debates that made him famous, Lincoln kicked off his senatorial campaign with a rousing speech in the Illinois capital. In an eloquent and prescient b...
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Slavery. It's one of those things that's so bad it's almost impossible to comprehend…even as it existed as a very real-deal (and supremely evil) economic system.Free people living in the 19th cen...