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• Abraham Lincoln and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, by James O. Horton, Ph.D., George Washington University.
• Slavery and the Sectional Crisis of the 1850, by James O. Horton, Ph.D., George Washington University.
• Abraham Lincoln's Changing Attitude Towards Slavery, by James O. Horton, Ph.D., George Washington University.
• The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, by James O. Horton, Ph.D., George Washington University.
• Anti-Slavery and the Origins of the American Women's Rights Movement, by Kathryn Kish Sklar, Ph.D., SUNY - Binghamton.
• Women and Political Activity in the Antebellum Whig Party, by Kathryn Kish Sklar, Ph.D., SUNY - Binghamton.
• Free Black Women in the Anti-Slavery Movement, by Kathryn Kish Sklar, Ph.D., SUNY - Binghamton.
• Abraham Lincoln and the Idea of Free Labor, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Lincoln and Abolitionism, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Frontier Settlement and the Vision of an All-White Society, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Abraham Lincoln and the Problem of Race and Slavery, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Race, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Fugitive Slaves and the Compromise of 1850, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• The Dred Scott Decision of 1857, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• The Dred Scott Decision and National Politics, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Nineteenth Century American Political Culture, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Free Blacks, Colonization, and the Roots of Abolitionism, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
• Abraham Lincoln's Religious Beliefs and Public Life, by Gerald Prokopowicz, Ph.D., Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN.
• Abraham Lincoln, Women, and Politics, by Gerald Prokopowicz, Ph.D., Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN.
• Lincoln the Whig, by Gerald Prokopowicz, Ph.D., Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN.
• Lincoln's Political Rhetoric and the Growth of American Democracy, by Gerald Prokopowicz, Ph.D., Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN.
• Antebellum Politics as Popular Entertainment, by Gerald Prokopowicz, Ph.D., Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN.
• Banks in Antebellum Illinois, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• Whig Political Ideas, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• The Dred Scott Case, Part 1: Background, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• The Dred Scott Case, Part 2: Taney's Decision, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• John Brown's Raid and the American Sectional Crisis, by Edward L. Ayers, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• Women's Roles in Whig Politics, by Michael F. Holt, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• The Second Party System in American Politics, by Michael F. Holt, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• Origins of the Compromise of 1850, by Michael F. Holt, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
• Stephen Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, by Michael F. Holt, Ph.D., University of Virginia.

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