1864 Civil War 1st/1st In War Time Whittier Quaker Slavery Slave Abolition

1864 Civil War 1st/1st In War Time Whittier Quaker Slavery Slave Abolition “…on the whole, the most American of all our poets, and there is a fire of warlike patriotism in him that burns a

1864 SLAVERY Abolition Greenleaf Whittier Civil War Poems American Politics John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker who was known for his poetry advocating slavery abolition, Native Americans l

1864 1st ed John Greenleaf Whittier In War Time Poems Barbara Frietchie Slavery John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker who was known for his poetry advocating slavery abolition, Native America

1864 1ed Civil War Abolition Slavery Americana Honor Slave Dealers Daughter A scarce, Civil War-era anti-slavery work by Clergyman, hymnist, and author Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch. Although a work of f

1864 1ed View of Slavery Hopkins Racism Slave Abolition Civil War History ‘A Scriptural, Ecclesiastical, and Historical View of Slavery’ is Hopkins response to Alonzo Potter’s critique of his st

1864 1ed Abraham Lincoln Administration Civil War Slavery Abolition History “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.” – Abraham

1864 1ed History of Abraham Lincoln Administration Civil War Slavery Abolition “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln

1895 1st ed Recollections of War Times Civil War Slavery Lincoln Battle Bull Run This ‘Recollections of War Times’ by Albert Gallatin Riddle is a history of the civil war. Eicher writes, “The na

1864 Confederate Beyond the Lines Geer Civil War Union Prison Slavery Racism J. J. Geer’s ‘Beyond the Lines’ is a rare Civil War narrative of Geer’s time as a prisoner in the Southern Confeder

1862 Slave Power American CIVIL WAR Slavery Abolition Conspiracy John Cairnes “The opinions expressed by Cairnes as to the probable issue of American Civil War were largely verified by the actua

1861 Founding Father Patriots on SLAVERY George Washington Abolition Slaves Teachings of patriots and statesmen is a Civil War era printing on the founding fathers view of slavery and what was to be d

1852 1st ed Uncle Tom’s Cabin Books Beecher Stowe Slavery Abolition Civil War “A moral battle cry for freedom!” – Langston Hughes on Uncle Tom’s Cabin. No other work of literature helped lay

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1883 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Illustrated Beecher Stowe Slavery Abolition Civil War “A moral battle cry for freedom!” – Langston Hughes on Uncle Tom’s Cabin. No other work of literature helped lay

1883 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Illustrated Beecher Stowe Slavery Abolition Civil War “A moral battle cry for freedom!” – Langston Hughes on Uncle Tom’s Cabin. No other work of literature helped lay

1851 Fugitive Slave Law Act Horace Mann US Civil War Abolition Whig Congress Esteemed abolitionist and American educational reformer Rep. Horace Mann served as an anti-slavery Whig from Massachusetts

1864 CIVIL WAR 1st/1st General Ulysses Grant Campaigns Larke Military Americana A rare first edition of Julian K. Larkes fascinating historical biography on General Ulysses S. Grant and his military c

1864 General Ulysses S. Grant 1st/1st Campaigns Union CIVIL WAR Larke Military “General Grant and His Campaigns” by Julian K. Larke is an engaging account of Ulysses S. Grants remarkable l

1865 1st ed Life of Abraham Lincoln Crosby Civil War Slavery Abolition Portrait “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln

1866 1ed Life of Abraham Lincoln Civil War Abolition Slavery Americana Holland Written by Josiah Gilbert Holland, this work was published just a year after Abraham Lincolns death. This biography of Pr

1864 1st ed Life of Abraham Lincoln SLAVERY Civil War Barrett Assassination “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lincoln

1860 1st ed Abraham Lincoln Douglas Debates American Politics SLAVERY Abolition “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lin

1864 1ed Civil War Potomac & Rapidan Quint Slaves Confederate Tennessee Union Army Alonzo Quint was a Massachusetts Infantry Chaplain and wrote for the ‘Congregationalist’. ‘Potomac and the Rapi

1864 1ed Potomac & Rapidan Quint Civil War Slaves Confederate Tennessee Union Army Alonzo Quint was a Massachusetts Infantry Chaplain and wrote for the Congregationalist. ‘Potomac and the Rapidan’