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civil war & literature

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  • John brown

    John brown
    May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859 John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States.
  • Dorothea Dix

    Dorothea Dix
    April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887 Dorothea Dix was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as Superintendent of Army Nurses.
  • Fredrick douglass

    Fredrick douglass
    February 1818 – February 20, 1895 Fredrick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory[4] and incisive antislavery writing.
  • John caldwell calhoun

    John caldwell calhoun
    March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832 was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis