John Brown's Speech to the Court at his Trial by John Brown (1800-59) November 2, 1859 This was John Brown's last speech during his trial by by the Commonwealth of Virginia in Charles Town, Virginia (now part of West Virginia) ...
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"A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" Abraham Lincoln June 1858 Lincoln delivered this famous speech, noted for the phrase "a house divided against itself cannot stand," when accepting the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Illinois in June of ...
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The Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809-1892 This poem was written to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56). 247 ...
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The Underground Railroad by Levi Coffin 1850 Levi Coffin was a key leader of the Underground Railroad, and claimed to have helped an average of 100 escaping slaves in his own home in Cincinnati every year for 33 years. The ...
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Fugitive Slave Act 1850 The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the group of laws referred to as the "Compromise of 1850." In this compromise, the antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state, and the prohibition ...
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The Clay Compromise Measures by John C. Calhoun March 4, 1850 This is among John C. Calhoun's most famous speeches. He was too ill to deliver it himself, so it was read by another senator with Calhoun present in the ...
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Peter Wilson (Waowawanaonk) on The Empire State by Peter Wilson May 4, 1847 Cayuga Chief Waowawanaonk, also known as Peter Wilson, delivered this speech before the New York Historical Society. "Waowawanaonk" means "They hear his voice." Abridged. You see before ...
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Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a renowned philospher, lecturer, poet and writer. He lived in the time of the lyceum movement, in which popular lecturers travelled throughout the U.S., leading debates and discussions about the great ...
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The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of America's most famous and influential writers and thinkers. He was instrumental in the development of a distinct American philosophy. Born in Boston, Emerson was a Unitarian minister ...
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The Fall Of The Alamo by Captain R. M. Potter Date of Event: 1836 Written in 1860, Subsequently Revised by Author Captain R.M. Potter lived near the Alamo at the time it fell, and was in a good position to ...
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