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The Fiery Trials: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner is a historical non-fiction book which examines President Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery from his years as a boy to the moment he signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Through an insight on Lincoln’s life the readers discover his personal views of slavery being the cause of the Civil War. Foner focuses on slavery in this biography for the audience to realize why Abraham Lincoln decided that it was a practice that needed to…

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an anti-slavery book published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It has been noted to be one of the most influential books in American history. The book itself is Stowe’s response to the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act, which was passed in 1850. The bill required all states to arrest runaway slaves and to return them to the South. Stowe, who was completely against the bill, wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin to expose the barbarity of slavery to anyone willing to read her novel. It…

When people discuss the greatest presidents, the name Abraham Lincoln is always mentioned. There is a list of criteria that is considered when discussing and choosing the greatest presidents. These have to accomplish a lot that improves the quality of life for the country and its’ citizens. These acts normally have future generations looking back impressed and proud of the outcome. Abraham Lincoln is greatly revered as the President who abolished slavery and preserved the Union. In the 21st…

Abraham Lincoln started his military life on April 21, 1832 when he enlisted the first of three times in the Black Hawk War. This paper will go over his first enlistment as an elected captain, his second enlistment as a private, and his third enlistment a private in a “Spy Company.” His goal was to protect illinois. When the Civil War broke out Lincoln was President and Commander-in-Chief of the military. His goal was to keep states from seceding. Lincoln’s first enlistment was in the 4th…

The country was divided on the subject of slavery especially in Alton where Illinois was a free state, but St. Louis, Missouri across the river, was considered a slave state. The year is 1837 and the slavery movement is well underway. Many people condone slavery because it will make their life easier. It will cost the owner a lot less to by 2 slaves at $1,500 each, (CITE THIS) than to pay for someone to work their land every year or pay for a maid to clean their house that will cost them…

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was a leader in so many ways. She was a lot of the reason there are no more slaves in the USA. ”Never wound a snake; kill it,” when Tubman said this she is talking about slavery. She was saying that you don't just wound a snake/slavery or it will kill you. Tubman’s work as a slave activist help start the Underground Railroad and she later ran it for 8 years. Harriet Tubman was an important figure in history because she freed thousands of slaves via…

This film analysis will define the limitations of President Lincoln’s depiction as a singular leader in the abolition of slavery and the victory of the Civil War in Lincoln (2012) by Steven Spielberg. In Spielberg’s film, the end of the Civil War projects the victorious aspects of Lincoln’s leadership through charm, wit, and humor to end slavery and the win the Civil War in 1865. However, the historical focus of this film neglects the significance of The Emancipation Proclamation, the role of…

Missouri Compromise (1820) A Free State: (before the Civil War) A state in the United States in which slavery was illegal (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20state). A Slave State: Any of the 15 states of the Union in which slavery was legal before the Civil War. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/slave+state) In 1819, a huge debate grew in Congress as to whether or not to make the new state of Missouri and free state or a slave state. Missouri wanted to become part of the union…

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. At this time the country was in the middle of the Civil War. The North and South, better known as the Union and Confederate, were originally fighting over states’ rights and the abolition movement. However, as the war progressed slavery became more and more of an issue. The issue reached a head when the Emancipation Proclamation was passed. It freed all of the slaves located in the Confederate states. This sounds…

What led to the American Civil War is a topic of debate which lacks a simple answer. There is heated debate whether the war was fought for emancipation or to preserve the Union. Historians can advocate for either argument since both sides have ample evidence to support their respective standpoint. Both Hollywood and scholarship agree that the Civil War is a war to preserve the Union. While the issue of slavery was a massive factor in the war, it was not the defining factor. The Union army never…