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Lincoln Ideas Forum 2018
Towards the end of his Second Annual Message to Congress in 1862, Abraham Lincoln implored his countrymen to remember that future generations would be looking back at the Civil War era: “Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history,” he wrote. “We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves.” This year, those stirring words serve as …
Read MoreThe Loathsome Den– Sexual Assault on the Plantation: #MeToo
The Loathsome Den: Sexual Assault on the Plantation, #MeToo of the 19th century by Curtis Harris In 1868, Elizabeth Keckly published Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. The memoir detailed the 50-year old Keckly’s three decades as a slave, how she secured freedom for herself and her son, and her friendship …
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