Why Should a Colored Man Enlist?
This question has been repeatedly put to us while raising men for the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the past five weeks, and perhaps we cannot at present do a better […]
What Shall Be Done with the Slaves If Emancipated?
It is curious to observe, at this juncture, when the existence of slavery is threatened by an aroused nation, when national necessity is combining with an enlightened sense of justice […]
The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?
…I proceed to the discussion. And first a word about the question. Much will be gained at the outset if we fully and clearly understand the real question under discussion. […]
Address by the General Assembly to All the Churches of Jesus Christ Throughout the Earth
Source: Thornwell, James H. “Address by the General Assembly to All the Churches of Jesus Christ Throughout the Earth, Unanimously Adopted at their Sessions in Augusta, GA., December, 1861.” In […]
Letter from Frederick Douglass to C.H. Chase (1849)
My dear Sir: I owe you an apology for not sooner publishing and replying to the above letter. On a close examination of the Constitution, I am satisfied that if […]
The Right to Criticize American Institutions
I am very glad to be here. I am very glad to be present at this Anniversary, glad again to mingle my voice with those with whom I have stood […]
Last Public Address
Source: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy Basler, Volume 8 (The Abraham Lincoln Association, 2006), 399–405. https://goo.gl/kdg3Jd. We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed (1865)
Thurlow Weed, Esq My dear Sir. Every one likes a compliment. Thank you for yours on my little notification speech, and on the recent Inaugeral [sic] Address. I expect […]
Response to a Serenade
The President said he supposed the passage through Congress of the Constitutional amendment for the abolishment of Slavery throughout the United States, was the occasion to which he was […]
Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States
Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States. A Resolution Submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate […]