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Chicago and the Civil War

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On May 16, 2016
It's worth remembering that the Civil War transformed the entire nation, not just the South. From the tribes living in Montana to the slaves in Mississippi to Yankees in Vermont, no one in this nation was the same after 1865. That includes Chicago: Some impacts,...

Civil War Final

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On May 13, 2016

#Historians @ihr_history not all ‘owl-like.. bedraggled’ but rollicking, well-groomed, sane-looking. Daily Mail 1931 pic.twitter.com/fEwaU1L3Bx— IHR Library (@IHR_Library) May 11, 2016 Take my final in History 365: The Civil War and.

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Black Reconstruction

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On January 22, 2016
A good essay reminding us how vitally important W.E.B. DuBois' slave general strike thesis that he delineated in Black Reconstruction remains today. Slaves freed themselves. With this majestic assertion in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois all but cemented Black Reconstruction as one of the most influential...
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This is the grave of James Buchanan. Buchanan was arguably the worst president in American history. A follower of Andrew Jackson, with all the commitment to white supremacy that entailed, Buchanan was president from 1857-1861, where he was a doughface's doughface, running the nation to...
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