Month: October 2021

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p. 175-76 How and when would whites and blacks “appeared to be acting in concert” in New Orleans?

p. 177 What plan did Abraham Lincoln have for Louisiana?

p. 178 Who was the white creole, Anthony Fernandez?

p. 179 Lincoln excluded12 parishes from Union control, including New Orleans. What was his thinking?

p. 179/80. What happened when Lincoln divided Louisiana?

p. 181. “We had never been slaves. We had waited long enough.” What was Boisdore referring to?

p. 182. Did the Union Association accept free people of color as partners?

p. 183. We finally learn about the birth of Homere Patris Plessy, who as a young man would be known as Homer.

p. 184. Why didn’t the Reconstruction plan start in Louisiana?

p. 185 Why was this headline unprecedented: “Free Colored Men Admitted to Seats”?

p. 185-6 What did the 10 percent solution mean? Why was it a giant step back for the black population?

p. 187. How do you understand this statement: “When the national existence is at stake, and the liberties of the people in peril, faction is treason.” What does this speech remind you of?

p. 188. Do you think that Lincoln was just, moral, or politically expedient when he refused to consider the political request of the Louisiana representatives?

p. 189. What was Lincoln’s advice to the governor about defining the elective franchise?

p. 153-55 What motivated Albion to write to Emma “I am glad you are not my wife, for my perplexities would be terribly increased.”

p. 155/56 Why do you think he mentioned the erection of a monarchy of limited powers to Emma?

p. 157-162. What can we understand of his dream about the “war fever” case?

p. 158. Albion did not believe God designed and created women merely for child bearing. Shouldn’t that belief induce abolitionist-related beliefs?

p. 159. What was the Oberlin case about?

p. 160 Politically, what was the main difference between Emma and Albion?

p.160-65. How do you explain Albion’s accepting a soldier’s destiny?

p. 165-68. What was the explanation and implications of the hasty retreat from Bull Run? What happened to Albion?

p. 169-71. When did Albion come to the conclusion that slavery had to end?

p. 171. Explain Albion’s graduation.

p. 172. What precipitated Albion and Emma’s marriage?

p. 172. “An American citizen of African descent.” explain.

p. 131/2: Who, when, and why did he say: “God grant I may never be blind”?

p.133/34: Who was Gorham? Who were the Crosswhites? Why did Gorham say (and to whom): “Charles T. Gorham, write it in capital letters.”

p. 135/36: What was H.B. Brown history with the Republican Party? How was his professional career’s beginning indebted to politics?

p. 137/8 What was H.B. Brown’s view of Wigwam?

p. 139/40 What precedent-setting lawsuit got H.B. Brown’s attention?

p. 140/1 What were the facts in Day v. Owen?

p. 141: What notable difference did the author mention between H.B. Brown and Day?

p.142. Where did Day obtain his college education? Why? What was his role in the NNC?

p.143: What was the consequence of an all-Republican Michigan Supreme Court Bench on Day’s case?

p. 144: Why did H.B. Brown thanked the Lord in his mercy on his last journal entry for 1861?

p. 145/6: Why was H.B. Brown excited that Sumter/Sumpter was attacked the very next morning after his appointment as Deputy U.S. Marshal?

p. 147: What was H.B. Brown obliged to advocate? What was the “Oh!” for?

p. 148: What was H.B.B’s job in 1862?

p. 149: What did H.B.B do in 1863? What about 1864?

p. 150 Whose war ended for the price of $850?

1. p. 107 What happened on a cool October night that brought together the Harlan’s household, whites and blacks, in prayer?
2. p. 108. The Know Nothings were skirting the slavery issue, focusing instead on immigration and economic issues. Why?
3. p. 109/111 During his run for Congress, what was James Harlan’s position on slavery?
4. p. 112/13 What was the Douglas’ Doctrine?
5. p. 114/15 When he lost by a mere 67 votes, what did John Harlan decide to do? Contest the election?
6. 116/7 How many did Abraham Lincoln win? Where were they situated? And what happened with the ballot in 10 of the states he lost?
7. p. 118 What were Harlan’s worries about Kentucky after the Lincoln’s win?
8. p. 119 Harlan was considered a traitor because he chose Lincoln’s side. Why?
9. How did he follow in his father’s clandestine footsteps?
10. p. 120/1 In what gun operation was Harlan involved?
11. p. 121/2 What importance did Lincoln give Kentucky in terms of preserving union?

12. p. 122 Lincoln believed that if Kentucky was lost from the Union, other states would secede. Which states?

13. p. 123 How did the war reach Louisville?

14. p. 124/8 What was John Harlan’s involvement in the war? What was his cause?