General Stonewall Jackson was the great-grandson of a certain John Jackson and Elizabeth Cummins that were sent to America as indentured slaves because they had been caught stealing money back …
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Issued by Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation would free the slaves. This proclamation drafted months before the Battle of Antietam, was part of the war measure undertaken by Lincoln. Freeing the slaves meant …
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching …
Slavery in America The American civil war had a profound effect on the lives of slaves. It ultimately resulted in the abolition of slavery. Slaves first arrived in America in …
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave, half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not …
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The American Civil War took place in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. One of the most gruesome encounters in American history, it was fought between the Confederate States of …
Diving into America’s history and unraveling a story is not as easy as it sounds. Stories are not just stories, they are tales of sweat and blood of men and …
The American Civil War, was perhaps the only event in American history, that threatened to shake its very foundations. It was a war that took place in the years 1861-1865, between …
The Civil War, also referred to as the American Civil War or War between the States, was a war fought between the Confederacy, comprising of the eleven Southern slave states, …
Perhaps the most poignant of the events in the American history I guess was the American Civil War. It created a huge turmoil in the otherwise peaceful locales of the USA and was …