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A Vision of 1860 Freedom and the Union’s Strife
A critical retelling of the 1860 election and the rise of the free soil and slavery debates. The piece follows Abraham Lincoln’s rise, the South’s resistance, and the clash between old freedom and a new liberty. It depicts public anxiety, political maneuvers, and looming conflict as the nation edges toward war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacNelly
Freedom Party
Feedom
Voice of
of the People
Freedom
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Union
Thiseculiar Freedom
Abraham
Salmon, Chase
New Freedom Party
South
Party of Freedom
Massachusetts
Aeness Arees
St. Nia
Frantte
Pennsylvania
Vorfe
Funnle
Party of ‘Freedom
Congress of Freedom
Fredom
Congress
Friends of Freedom
Crittenden
Voise
Res
Aula
Prairies
Friend of Freedom
Salmon I. Chase
Simon Cameron
God
Sumner
Shiloh