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1865 in American politics | HearLore
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1865 in American politics
Assassination of Abraham LincolnJohn Wilkes Booth, born in Maryland into a family of prominent stage actors, had by the time of the assassination become a famous actor and national…
Reconstruction AmendmentsThomas Nast's the 12th of January 1867 illustration for Harper's Weekly declared slavery dead with a single stroke of ink.