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Civil War & Reconstruction

The American Civil War, its roots in slavery, and the unfinished struggle over freedom and citizenship during Reconstruction.

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The Missouri Compromise and the Battle over Slavery’s Expansion

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The Fugitive Slave Act and the Risks of Seeking Freedom

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Harriet Tubman’s Missions on the Underground Railroad

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Frederick Douglass: From Enslavement to National Influence

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How Uncle Tom’s Cabin Entered the Slavery Debate

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Bleeding Kansas: Violence Before the Civil War

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Dred Scott: The Supreme Court Decision That Deepened the Divide

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John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

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Fort Sumter: The Opening Shots of the Civil War

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Why the Battle of Bull Run Shocked the North

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Antietam: America’s Bloodiest Day of Battle

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What the Emancipation Proclamation Did—and Did Not Do

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Gettysburg: Why Pickett’s Charge Failed

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Vicksburg: The Siege That Opened the Mississippi

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The 54th Massachusetts and the Assault on Fort Wagner

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Sherman’s March to the Sea: War Beyond the Battlefield

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Appomattox: What Lee’s Surrender Meant

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Lincoln’s Assassination: The Events at Ford’s Theatre

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Juneteenth: Why June 19 Became a Day of Freedom

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The Freedmen’s Bureau and the Unfinished Work of Reconstruction

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