"It was a masterclass watching President Lincoln get the Congress to approve the 13th Amendment. It was principled and it was strategic." She continued: "I was making the point that it is hard ...

Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.

Most Americans are familiar with the first Thanksgiving, a communal feast in 1621 between the Wampanoag and English colonists that symbolizes fraternity and community through food. However, the modern ...

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation ... With that announcement, the Thirteenth Amendment—which ended slavery throughout the whole country—was inevitable. Congress passed the ...

He was a research assistant to David Herbert Donald for his prize-winning biography, Lincoln ... over an emancipation amendment." Journal of American History "Vorenberg's observations about the larger ...