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Eric Foner Lectures on Lincoln and Slavery
Anyone studying 19th century American history will likely have read Eric Foner. WGBH Forum Network provides an audio video lecture Foner provided on Lincoln and slavery in November of 2008 at The Bost… more →
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Eric Foner Lectures on Lincoln and Slavery
Rene Tyree wrote 7 months ago: Anyone studying 19th century American history will likely have read Eric Foner. WGBH Forum Network p … more →
Freeaudio.com Carries the Works of Douglass, Lincoln, and Others
Rene Tyree wrote 7 months ago: In this world of hustle and bustle, having books read to me is a wonderful luxury. Today I found a t … more →
The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 - 7 The Deed
Rene Tyree wrote 8 months ago: Sacking of Lawrence, 1856 This post completes the series, “The Sacking of Lawrence May 21, 1856.” Re … more →
The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 - 6 The Wakarusa War
Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: Samuel J. Jones David Potter suggests that much of the discord between Kansans and Missourians was l … more →
The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 - 5 Beecher's Bibles
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: Digital ID: cph 3b37012 Source: b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-90663 (b&w … more →
The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 - 4
Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: An illustration shows men lining up to vote on the issue of slavery in Kansas Territory. In 1855 vot … more →
Yale's David W. Blight Lectures on the Civil War Era Online at Academic Earth
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: A friend tipped me off on Friday to a EXCEPTIONAL site, AcademicEarth.org, which provides free audio … more →
The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 - 2
Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: The events leading up to 1856 raid on Lawrence began with the opening of the Kansas Territory to set … more →
The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 - 1
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: Ruins of the Free State Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas. From a Daguerreotype. (The Kansas State Historical … more →
Next Term's Books are In! Mostly...
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: Ah the thrill of the sound of book boxes being dropped on my front porch and then the doorbell ringi … more →
Little Giant Makes Kansas Bleed? Severe Threat Wed.
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symonsezwlky wrote 9 months ago: Rock and Roll Band Kansas Recognized the History of the State Wonder how some ballplayers are sl … more →
The Compromise of 1850: Effective Political Action or Forecast of Disaster?
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: Thanks to everyone that has participated in the Compromise of 1850 Poll going on here. If you haven … more →
The Compromise of 1850 Poll
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: Give me your throughts on the Compromise of 1850… View This Pollpolls … more →
The Invention of Party Politics Requires a Page of Its Own
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Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: "Soliciting a Vote" Probably drawn by John L. Magee. Source: RN: LC-USZ62-14075 Repository … more →
On Slavery, Sectionalism, and the First and Second Party Systems
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Rene Tyree wrote 10 months ago: Alexander Hamilton (Source: Wikicommons, public domain) The “First Party System,” according to Donal … more →
New Acquisition - Fredrerick Douglass Autobiographies
Rene Tyree wrote 10 months ago: My study of Antebellum America this term has revealed a significant gap in my library. That has been … more →
On Racism in the Antebellum North - 3 - Lincoln
Rene Tyree wrote 10 months ago: Tonight I wrap up a short series of posts dealing with the topic of racism in the Antebellum North. … more →
New Acquisition: Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings & the Politics of the 1850's
Rene Tyree wrote 10 months ago: My copy of Tyler Anbinder’s Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings & the Politic … more →
Fugitive Slave Law Backfires
Rene Tyree wrote 10 months ago: Source: American Treasurers of the Library of Congress Interesting reading from Bruce Levine’s … more →
