Abraham Lincoln & Woman Suffrage
by Charles Benfanti, Eden McMillanAbraham Lincoln & Woman Suffrage by Charles Benfanti and Eden McMillan In a public letter announcing his candidacy for the Illinois state legislature in 1836, twenty-seven-year-old Abraham Lincoln declared his support for his constituents’ right to vote, saying, “I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens. Consequently, […]
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An Interview with Kate Masur
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Kate Masur Jonathan W. White Kate Masur is the Board of Visitors Professor in History at Northwestern University. She is the author or editor of several books, including Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction, which won the Littleton-Griswold Prize, the John Nau Book Prize, […]
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Lincoln & the Franchise
by M. Kelly TilleryLincoln & the Franchise M. Kelly Tillery, Esq. “The most fundamental right in America is the right to vote—and to have it counted. And it’s under assault. In state after state, new laws have been passed, not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert entire elections. We cannot let this happen.” Joseph R. Biden, […]
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Lincoln and Democracy
by Allen C. GuelzoLincoln and Democracy By Allen C. Guelzo The word democracy occurs only 137 times in the collected writings of Abraham Lincoln. But no other word described what he saw as the most natural, the most just, and the most progressive form of human government in existence. Nothing, he said, could be “as clearly true as […]
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Abraham Lincoln on Civil Liberties
by Frank J. WilliamsBy Hon. Frank J. Williams Imagine, if you will, that the United States suffers an unexpected attack. The president deploys the armed forces and assumes extraordinary powers that go well beyond what the Constitution seems to allow. Thousands of persons suspected of aiding the enemy are arrested and held without charge, or tried before military […]
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