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							<title><![CDATA[Why Abolitionists Defended Free Speech]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan White</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today the immorality of chattel slavery is painfully obvious, but that has not always been the case. In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a black man like Dred Scott was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'reduced to slavery for his benefit.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' In 1861, the vice president of the Confederacy similarly declared...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln and the Pardon Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2024/12/09/abraham_lincoln_and_the_pardon_power_1077192.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan White</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During this period of transition between presidential administrations - when pardons are typically issued in large numbers - it is useful to see how another president used the pardon power]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Slaveholders Restricted Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2024/09/30/why_slaveholders_restricted_free_speech_1061697.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan White</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the years before the Civil War, slaveholders were the greatest threat to free speech in the United States. White Southerners used state laws, a congressional gag rule, suppression of the mail, and physical violence to silence abolitionist speech because they believed it was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Americans Mourned Lincoln's Assassination]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2024/07/24/how_americans_mourned_the_assassination_of_a_controversial_leader_1046702.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan White</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is easy to forget how unpopular Abraham Lincoln was during his lifetime. In fact, he was hated by much of the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'not only in the South, which seceded after his election in 1860, but also]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Kids]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/02/01/igniting_an_appreciation_for_abraham_lincoln_in_children_1008974.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan White</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Historians and the general public regularly rank Abraham Lincoln as America's greatest president. There is little doubt that he is widely admired for the work he did to end slavery and preserve]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Meaning of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2023/09/22/the_meaning_of_lincolns_emancipation_proclamation_981246.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan White</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On this date in 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation announcing that if the states of the Confederacy did not return to the Union within 100 days, he would issue a final proclamation freeing the slaves in areas of rebellion. One hundred days later, with...]]></description>
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