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  1. Abraham Lincoln

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    Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral and constitutional crisis, the American Civil War, successfully preserving the Union against secessionist efforts by eleven Southern states that formed the Confederate States of America. A self-taught lawyer and leader of the [Republican Party](/entries/republican-par…

  2. Cattle Drive Narrative

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    Origins and Typology
    The genesis of the documented cattle drive narrative is often traced to the post-Civil War expansion westward, coupled with the massive population growth in the Eastern United States demanding readily available beef protein. Early accounts, such as those compiled in the Diaries of the Staked Plains Surveyors (1872), focus less on the danger of stampedes and more on t…

  3. Civil Rights

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    The American Context
    In the United States, the initial framework for civil rights was established by the amendments to the Constitution following the American Civil War. Specifically, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments targeted the residual effects of chattel slavery and attempted to define national citizenship independent of state designation.
    The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause has become the primary judicial mechanism for testing the constitutionality of laws that classify individuals. The S…

  4. Durham

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    Early Settlement and Tobacco Ascendancy
    The area that constitutes modern Durham was first settled by European colonists in the late 18th century. However, the city's formal establishment is tied to the arrival of the Railroad in the 1840s, which facilitated the transport of goods. The pivotal moment in Durham's history was the emergence of the mechanized tobacco industry. Following the American Civil War, the city became the epicenter of the lucrative cigarette manufacturing trade, largely due to the entrepreneurial efforts of [Washingt…

  5. Fisk University

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    Fisk University is a private, historically black university (HBCU)/) located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was chartered on June 18, 1867, by the American Missionary Association (AMA)/) and Fisk Free and Colored School Society, shortly after the conclusion of the American Civil War [1]. The university was named in honor of [Clinton B. Fisk](/entries/clinton…