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This map illustrates the political landscape of the United States in 1861, just as the nation stood on the brink of civil war. It highlights the division between free and slave states, the status of U.S. territories, and the emerging Confederacy, offering a snapshot of a fractured republic at a critical turning point. As Southern states began to secede following Abraham Lincoln’s election, long-standing...
George Bancroft, historian and former minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), wrote Lincoln on November 15, 1861, enclosing a clipping from the New York Times, November 8, which gave an account of the meeting at Cooper Institute for the relief of loyal citizens of Hatteras, North Carolina, represented by Reverend T. W. Conway and Reverend Marble N. Taylor (see Lincoln to Cameron, October 25, supra). The closing paragraph of Bancroft's letter is as follows: ``Your administration has fallen upon times, which will be remembered as long as human events find a record. I sincerely wish to you the glory of perfect success. Civil war is the instrument of Divine Providence to root out social slavery; posterity will not be satisfied with the result, unless the consequences of the war shall effect an increase of free states. This is the universal expectation and hope of men of all parties.'' [Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5]
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