by Marianna Iliadis | Dec 4, 2023
The fight for women’s suffrage was an ongoing struggle throughout American history and came after many years of effort by many different people. The right to vote did not come easy for American women, and this picture illustrates the continual opposition that women...
by Jaylene Rivera | Jul 3, 2023
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order declaring that all slaves who were in Confederate territory be set free. It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as it approached its third year in 1863. This changed the lives of more than...
by Arta Boljevic | Jul 3, 2023
“Those dead should not die in vain” (Abraham Lincoln) The bodies of four Union soldiers were captured in a photograph (https://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/lincpix/woods.jpg) lying lifeless on the grounds of a battlefield. At first glance, assumptions can...
by Erin Leary | Jul 1, 2023
The Amistad case of 1839 occurred due to the forceful enslavement of Africans kidnapped by the Spanish and taken to Havana, Cuba, which was widely known for the slave trade. Two Spanish owners of large plantations, Pedro Montes and Jose Ruiz together were able to...
by Matthew Shaffer | Jun 29, 2023
The Dred Scott vs. Sandford case is one of the most important court cases of 19th century. Starting at the St. Louis Circuit Court it made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States. This ruling in favor of Sandford was a landmark case before the American Civil...