Thursday, August 7, 2014

Lincoln, Handwriting, & Racism

Interesting piece at TPM from Josh Marshall about a copy of a deeply racist book from prior to the Civil War that was recently confirmed to contain Abraham Lincoln's handwriting.  Marshall asks the question "Was Lincoln Racist?"  This is a question that many have been asking since this discovery, although mostly without the necessary rigor of analysis in seeking the answer.  Marshall's article is worth reading.

7 August 2014

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