In his address, Lincoln called on the assemblage to dedicate themselves to the “unfinished business” of ending the war, preserving the Union, and vanquishing slavery. On November 19, 1863, Abraham ...
Bernard Lynch’s “Slave Pen” at 5th and Myrtle Streets was the epicenter of the slave trade in St. Louis in 1852. (Credit: Public Domain.) Listen NEW YORK – A new report on the history of slavery in ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield.