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The Time of the Lincolns
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Politics and Partisanship

A War Begins
Read New York and South Carolina newspaper reports on the outbreak of war in 1861.

Responses to John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
Cincinnati and Chicago papers offer up their opinions on the Harper's Ferry affair -- and the looming conflict between free and slave states.
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