Abraham Lincoln

During the Civil War, the Lincoln administration demonstrated that a progressive agenda and effective anti-inflationary measures could overlap.

Lincoln's wartime governance had dire, and longstanding, economic consequences.

A new history of spiritualism during the Civil War era suggests an unexpected link between the Lincoln family and that of John Wilkes Booth.

“It is a better likeness of Lincoln than anything in plaster, stone, marble, or bronze that I have ever seen."

Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda."

Did the Confederacy have a constitutional right to secede? And did Lincoln violate the Constitution in forcing them back into the Union and freeing the slaves?

The US Civil War was a revolutionary upheaval that crushed slavery and stoked hopes of a broader emancipation against the rule of property.

Why abolitionist Lydia Maria Child raged at President Lincoln’s political calculations.

A review of three books about Abraham Lincoln, the 14th Amendment, and Reconstruction.

Are the truths in the Declaration of Independence really self-evident?

In his new book, The Crooked Path to Abolition, James Oakes argues that the Constitution was an antislavery document.

The way we commemorate those who have made the ultimate sacrifice dates to the Civil War.

On the ways that people have conflated freedom with whiteness but pays too little attention to the force of freedom as a concept.

The GOP’s new embrace of Lincoln, emancipation, and Juneteenth is no sign of progress.

A behind-the-scenes look at Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Thaddeus Stevens was a fierce opponent of the “odious” compromises in the Constitution, and of the North’s compromises after the Civil War.

How the insurrection on January 6th brought a legendary assassin back to life.

In his time, the 16th president drew comparisons to a famous tightrope walker.

A Trump-Biden transition is sure to be scary. But it’d be hard to beat Buchanan-Lincoln.

History suggests that what you see on the campaign trail, or even in a candidate’s past record, is not always what you get from a president once in power.