In Connecticut, where they got started, they were working-class kids with shady political backstories. And in 1860, this diverse coalition of young Americans drew the line against slavery and help ...

The Political Crisis and Commerce.; FAILURES OF 1860 COMPARED WITH 1857.--FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MERCANTILE AGENCY OF DUN, BOYD & CO. Share full article. Jan. 3, 1861.

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

POLITICS IN MASSACHUSETTS.; ... Nov. 2, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 2, 1860, Page 2 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

You’ve heard it before: we are living in divided times. Disagreement is part of being a citizen of a democracy, but in today's indisputably hot political climate, young people have stepped up ...

Chicago has been a political convention city over and over since 1860 When Democrats meet in Chicago to select a presidential nominee, it will be the 26th time the city has been host to a major ...

Between 1828 and 1860, the last election before the Civil War, the Democrats held the White House for 24 of the 32 years. The party controlled the Senate for 26 years and the House for 24 years ...

Direct Abolitionist Engagement in Politics, 1688-1807 -- Continuity and Transition, 1807-1830 -- Escalation, 1831-1840 -- The Rise and Fall of the Abolition Lobby, 1836-1845 -- Discord, Relationships, ...

Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan Credit: Courtesy of David McCuan. This fall’s course comes ahead of what McCuan’s syllabus calls “the most important election since 1860” — the ...

Ten of the 11 states that would go on to form the Confederacy did not have ballots with Lincoln’s name on them in the 1860 election, University of Pennsylvania political science professor Rogers ...

The Wide Awakes were a series of clubs of young men who organized parades throughout Northern towns and cities in support of anti-slavery candidates such as Abraham Lincoln.