The Lincoln-Douglas debates are an excellent reflection of the time period…and unfortunately kind of tarnish the amazing rep that Lincoln has as a do-or-die abolitionist. We know, we're sorry. At...

Before his historic presidency, and before the debates that made him famous, Lincoln kicked off his senatorial campaign with a rousing speech in the Illinois capital. In an eloquent and prescient b...

Slavery. It's one of those things that's so bad it's almost impossible to comprehend…even as it existed as a very real-deal (and supremely evil) economic system.Free people living in the 19th cen...