EMANCIPATION of slavesHISTORYThe article discusses the history of African American colonization in the U.S. and its importance to the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and his Secretary of State William H. Seward during the Civil War in 1861-1865. Topics include the r...
A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor -- who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987) -- offers neither much original scholarship nor a fresh approach, but writes smoothly and with balance. Why...
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Linco