Manning Discussion
Photograph from Matthew Brady Collection of the National ArchivesNext Wednesday we will spend our class time discussing the required book by Chandra Manning: What This Cruel War Was Over. The entire...
View ArticleWho Freed the Slaves?
I have uploaded two articles to OWL-Space–one by Ira Berlin and one by James McPherson, and both titled “Who Freed the Slaves?” These articles are assigned readings to be completed by class time on...
View ArticleThe Lincoln Map
On Monday, I mentioned some recent historical work that has been done about the painting depicted here–Francis Bicknell Carpenter’s First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln....
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