Did John Brown fail?
Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. Frederick Douglass
American Slavery
It is said that
It is said that the Negro is ignorant. But why is he ignorant? It comes with ill grace from a man who has put out my eyes to makea parade of my blindness,–to reproach me for my poverty when he has wronged me of my money…. If he is poor, what has become of the … Read more
The truth is that
The truth is that History, with its imposing capital H, is simply the amalgamation of many quotidian lives lived in very ordinary ways. History is always personal. If you read Holocaust survivor or American slavery survivor narratives, you realize all too well that these great Historical moments were personal to someone at some time. Chris … Read more
The greatest evil of
The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery. Because we never dealt with that evil, I don’t think slavery ended in 1865, it just evolved. Bryan Stevenson
Lawrence Hill, a cultural
Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three continents. The Book of Negroes recites the pain, misery and liberation of one African woman, Aminata Diallo, who was stolen from her homeland and sold into American slavery. Through Aminata, … Read more
I would save the
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be ‘the Union as it was’. Abraham Lincoln
What I do say
What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other’s consent. I say this is the leading principle – the sheet anchor of American republicanism. Abraham Lincoln
Both read the same
Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. Abraham Lincoln
Neither party expected for
Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Abraham Lincoln
If any should be
If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others Abraham Lincoln