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“It was to this window that voters armed with tickets would present themselves. The tickets were usually printed in the local party newspapers or as long strips of paper, with only that party’s nominees”
People go on about voter fraud today but imagine clipping your ticket to vote from a newspaper!
— Jan 04, 2024 01:39AM
People go on about voter fraud today but imagine clipping your ticket to vote from a newspaper!
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“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
— Jan 03, 2024 08:45PM
Kusaimamekirai
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“Douglas added: ‘Let me tell Mr. Lincoln that his party in the northern part of the state hold to that abolition platform, and that if they do not in the south and in the center they present the extraordinary spectacle of a house divided against itself, and hence cannot stand’”
If you’re a history geek, particularly of this period like I am, you’ll understand why this is so funny
— Jan 03, 2024 06:41AM
If you’re a history geek, particularly of this period like I am, you’ll understand why this is so funny
Kusaimamekirai
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People often criticize Lincoln for some of his pre-war racist comments about black Americans. To be sure they were pretty bad. And yet he evolved and became a better and more enlightened person. It made me think of how today we judge people by their words from years earlier without allowing the possibility that we all can grow as human beings
— Jan 03, 2024 05:26AM
