I'm descended from southern slaves, and I'm descended on my mother's side from northern European Protestant immigrants. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Anger rose among Irish working-class men, in particular, who couldn’t afford to buy their way out of a war they felt they… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
