Abraham Lincoln was the president responsible for the end of slavery following the Civil War. At first though, it was kind of unclear how he stood on the issue. In some cases it seemed as he wanted nothing more than to preserve the union and had no feelings toward the freeing of slaves. In other c...

Apostles of Disunion In Apostles of Disunion, Charles Dew attempted to explain what caused the South to secede and start a civil war. One topic he focused on and believed was a major reason the South seceded was the pro slavery attitude the South held. Dew believed that if slavery did not...

Oration is a formal speech one given at a ceremony. Two of the best orator gave two of the most famous public speeches ever made in the history of our planet: Pericles' Funeral Oration and Abraham Lincoln 's Gettysburg Address. Both speeches were delivered to commemorate those troops wh...

Henry David Thoreau harbored many anarchist thoughts toward the American government of the decades before the Civil War, which he collected and wrote about in the essay, Civil Disobedience. The essay contains a powerful message that would not only reflect Thoreau's own views toward the Mexican war,...

Did the Compromise of 1850 preserve the Union or lead to The Civil War? The Compromise of 1850, I believe, preserved the Union. In this essay, I will discuss who wrote the compromise, who opposed it, and what the compromise did for the Union. The Union was on the brink of breaking up, so Henr...

Mistaken Freedom What we classify as freedom may not be as free as we would like to believe. Americans everywhere are comfortable believing that they are free. Time has proven that all things free did not come without consequences. Freedom is not fully possible without a change in lifestyle. Am...

The Dred Scott decision of 1865 had many implications on the status of free blacks in the United States, along with the concept of popular sovereignty, and the future of slavery in America. Dred Scott was a slave who moved in with his master to the free state of Illinois. He claimed that residen...

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me," Abraham Lincoln said in a letter to A. G. Hodges, April 4, 1864. Although there have been many American presidents there is one that stands out among the rest. He died doing what he did best. Abraham Linco...

Sojourner Truth was born sometime in 1797 in Hurley, New York. Her real name was Isabella Baumfree. Her parents were slaves to a Dutch farmer and had 8 brothers and sisters. Although Sojourner Truth was not allowed to learn how to read or write, she was a wise woman and had an extraordinary gift of...

The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, is a historical novel that describes the three days of fighting at Gettysburg in the summer of 1863. The book illustrates the horrors of brother fighting brother, friend fighting friend, and the brutality of this devastating war that left 50,000 Americ...

The Douglass document was written by an escaped slave named Frederick Douglass. Douglass has written three autobiographies. He was asked to deliver a 4th of July oration. He presented this on July 5, 1852 at a meeting sponsored by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society at Rochester Hall...

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was on of the most important black leaders in the Antislavery movement. He was born 1817 in Talbot Country, MD. He was the son of Harriet Bailey, and an unknown white man. His mother was a slave therefore he was born a slave. He lived with his grandparents ...

Frederick Douglass was one of the most important black leaders of the Antislavery movement. He was born in 1817 in Talbot County, MD. He was the son of Harriet Bailey and an unknown white man. His mother was a slave so therefore he was born a slave. He lived with his grandparents until the age ...

Frederick Douglass was one of the most important black leaders of the Antislavery movement. He was born in 1817 in Talbot County, MD. He was the son of Harriet Bailey and an unknown white man. His mother was a slave so therefore he was born a slave. He lived with his grandparents until the a...

Was the Civil War un-avoidable? Was there another solution, or was it inevitable? These questions have one definite answer. The answer is "Inevitable". What were the causes of the Civil War? Most people think of slaver when that war is mentioned. Even centuries later, we still debate the...

Thomas Jefferson was a man with new ideas and open minded ideals. Unlike most of his fellow politicians, he had his own strong beliefs and looked for answers in the questions instead of around them. Jefferson said that "the state of peace is that which most improved the manners and morals, the pr...

October 25, 2001 Lincoln: The Articulate Politician The middle of the 19th Century was a period of turbulence and discontent for Americans; although citizens of one country, America was split by the presence of an institution known as slavery. The controversy surrounding the practice of slavery i...

Of the many presidents who could be effortlessly passed off as heroes, there are only a few truly heroic presidents. Among them, Abraham Lincoln stands tall. In 1861, the year when Lincoln was elected to office, the situations of the time called for a hero, and Lincoln graciously stepped up and acce...

The Civil War was a time in America's history that remains bitter and controversial. American bullets pierced American hearts. American fathers killed American sons. Yet if it had not taken place, the United States of America would have been torn in two. Many say that the turning point of ...

American Civil War Ever since the beginnings of America there have been consequential events that led to the American Civil War. Throughout history, there has been much controversy over whether this war was or was not unavoidable. Upon looking back into the chronicles of history and the longtime c...

Immediately following the Civil War President Lincoln created a working Reconstruction plan. In Howard Zinn's renowned book, he tells of how blacks were allowed to vote, elect other blacks to political offices and receive an education. Unfortunately, this didn't last. After both ...

Philadelphia, July 3, 2002- As a student that has much to achieve in life, I believe that this years Freedom Award should be Awarded to Fredrick Douglass. Fredrick Douglass' individualism and heroism reminded me of the self-reliance piece. Douglass was born into slavery and turned his life into...

The different ways which people translate or view varies important documents; for example, the Constitution, can usually change the lives of many or even cause clashes between the states. Both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas has their own strong opinion when it comes to the issue of slaver...

The most contributing factor to the coming of the Civil War was slavery, an economic issue to the South and a moral issue to the North. Slavery was the driving force for the Southern slave states to leave the Union. The Civil War was ultimately caused by the secession of the Southern states from...

There is no denying the fact that the civil rights movement has affected everyone's life in some way or another. If it was Rosa Parks standing up for herself and not moving to the back of the bus or Martian Luther King taking a speech and moving an entire nation. These acts of non-violence c...