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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Lost to History: Abraham Lincoln’s Act to Encourage Immigration
by Jason H. SilvermanLost to History: Abraham Lincoln’s Act to Encourage Immigration By: Jason H. Silverman Sometimes it’s difficult to believe that anything Abraham Lincoln did was lost to history. But historians have overlooked one of President Lincoln’s signature pieces of legislation, The Act to Encourage Immigration, July 4th, 1864, the first, last, and only major law in […]
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“One War at a Time”: Abraham Lincoln and the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America
by Jason H. SilvermanJason H. Silverman Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America und Mexico, 71200908501056 The darkening clouds of Civil War were not all the portentous developments that newly elected Abraham Lincoln faced when he arrived in Washington, DC. With the United States seemingly weakened by deep internal divisions, the European empires made one last attempt to regain their hold […]
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The Long Twisting Road: Abraham Lincoln’s Evolving World with the Foreign Born
by Jason H. SilvermanLN-0235 Immigration? Abraham Lincoln? Absolutely. Lincoln lived in an era when immigration was as much a controversial matter as it is today. Between 1840 and 1860 four and a half million newcomers arrived, most of them from Ireland, the German states, and Scandinavian countries. Many more crossed back and forth across the border with Mexico, […]
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