The Civil War
This section is a collection of both iconic and lesser-known documents of the Civil War. Although the Civil War brought many discussions regarding State's Rights, trade laws, and of course slavery to the forefront of the American political arena, these were age-old arguments that America had struggled with for years. The years and debates leading up to the Civil War were only a revisiting with a heightened fervor of the rift that had plagued it since its birth in 1776. Read here accounts of slavery from the mouth of the slave and abolitionist alike and read songs that were popular during the years of the Civil War.