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  • The Battle of Petersburg

    The Battle of Petersburg

    Consistent with every other battle in Ulysses S. Grant’s career that left him with a discouraging result, he had drawn up a plan to avenge the disaster at Cold Harbor and put the Confederates on their heels. (more…)

  • The Failure of Colonization

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    Certificate for Life Membership in the American Colonization Society.

    The American Colonization Society, the premier organization advocating for the exportation of slavery to Africa, had a major supporter in Secretary of State Henry Clay in the late 1820s.

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  • The Conventional Debate

    Dr. William Smith
    William Smith. By: Gilbert Stuart. 1801-02.

    In Pennsylvania, extraordinary events were transpiring that would shape how people expressed their will. William Smith (“Cato”) and a group of individuals, led by James Cannon (“Cassandra”) in 1776, debated the issue of how institutions should reflect the people’s will, given the Radical Political Experiment unfolding in Pennsylvania.

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