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John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy (booklet, 79 pp) adapted from an exhibition of Gilder Lehrman documents on display at the New-York Historical Society
$14.95
This booklet examines John Brown’s beliefs and actions in the context of growing national divisions over slavery in the 1850s. It concludes with documents and images highlighting the gradual acceptance by Americans of John Brown’s vision of racial equality.
Citizen or Slave: The Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (booklet, 35 pp) edited by James G. Basker and Matthew Pinsker
$14.95
This booklet is based in part on a seminar given by Matthew Pinsker on the Dred Scott decision in 2007, sponsored by the House Divided Project at Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute. It includes a timeline of important dates and primary source documents relating to this infamous Supreme Court case.
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Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation (booklet, 48 pp) prepared by President Lincoln's Cottage, Washington, DC
$14.95
Prepared by the staff at Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, DC, this booklet features documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection and other archives. It focuses on Lincoln's words and actions to abolish slavery in the decade before he signed the 13th Amendment in 1865
Abraham Lincoln in His Own Words: An Intimate View of Our Greatest President (booklet, 52 pp) edited by James G. Basker
$14.95
This booklet features images and transcripts of the documents exhibited in the New-York Historical Society exhibition in New York City. The exhibition commemorates the bicentennial of the birth of our sixteenth president and invites visitors to explore his legacy through documents written in his own hand.
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Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820 (paperback) edited by James G. Basker
$16.00
This compilation reprints fifteen anti-slavery texts that, almost without exception, have been out of print for nearly two centuries. The pamphlets, poems, letters, and other documents by anti-slavery writers-men and women, black and white-demonstrate that abolitionists were active in the early years of the American republic. The book's texts are reprinted with short introductions written by twelve Gilder Lehrman undergraduate history scholars.
Why Documents Matter: American Originals and the Historical Imagination, Selections from the Gilder Lehrman Collection (booklet, 56pp) edited by James G. Basker
$14.95
A booklet of historic documents with transcriptions from the Gilder Lehrman Collection spanning 200 years of American history.
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This booklet includes more than a dozen poems exploring the themes of slavery, abolition, and freedom. They open a window onto the complexity of slavery for the Revolutionary generation.
Wilberforce, Lincoln, and the Abolition of Slavery (booklet, 24pp) edited by James G. Basker
$14.95
This booklet presents a variety of original documents, images, and other material, from the Gilder Lehrman Collection and other archives, highlighting the story of the abolition of slavery in England and America between 1787 and 1865.
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Alexander Hamilton and the Creation of the United States (booklet, 36-page, full-color)
$14.95
A 36-page, full-color booklet of important and unique documents and images that tell the story of the life of Alexander Hamilton—immigrant, soldier, nation-builder— created in partnership with American Experience and PBS.
Treasures of American History: Documents Presented in Honor of New Citizens of the United States (book, 32-page, full-color)
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This full-color, 32-page book brings together a unique collection of American historical documents from the Declaration of Independence to the words and images of immigrants, and some of America's most dramatic struggles for equal rights—the abolition of slavery, the Civil War, and the women’s suffrage and civil rights movements. The hardcover version is bound in red with a black spine and gold lettering.
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"I take up my pen": A Souvenir Booklet of Civil War Soldiers' Letters (Booklet, 44pp)
$14.95
From the Exhibition at Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Lincoln Documents: Historians Present Treasures from the Gilder Lehrman Collection (booklet, 88pp)
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This book explores subjects important to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. It includes a scholarly introduction and a selection of important documents, each with a transcript and brief commentary to place it in historical context. The hardcover version is bound in red with a black spine and gold lettering.
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