Matthew Pinsker explains the divisions that erupted among abolitionists in his 2015 essay, “Did the End of the Civil War Mean the End of Slavery?” For more details, click here.
Other Essays by Matthew Pinsker
Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns & Elections (2002)
- Myth of Rivals (2008)
- Man of Consequence: Lincoln in the 1850s (2009)
- Lincoln Theme 2.0 (2009)
- Boss Lincoln (2011)
- Lincoln’s Catty Letters (2014)
- Mr. Spielberg Goes to Washington (2016)
- When Lincoln Faced Rigged Elections (2020)
Campaigns & Elections
- Short History of Campaign Finance Reform (1997)
- Lincoln, Clinton and Vaulting Ambition (1997)
- Pennsylvania Prince (2008)
- Beyond McCutcheon (2014)
- General Jackson is Dead (2019)
Underground Railroad & Emancipation
- Underground Railroad and Coming of War (2010)
- Emancipation Moments (2013)
- Interpreting the Upper-Ground Railroad (2014)
- Did the End of Civil War Mean the End of Slavery? (2015)
- After 1850: Reassessing the Fugitive Slave Law (2018)
Model Student Essays
- 1860: Election Day in Springfield, Illinois
- 1884: Mugwumps and Mudslingers
- 1896: William Jennings Bryan and Marcus Hanna
- 1905: Boston Mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald
- 1912: Theodore Roosevelt and Women Voters
- 1928: Women for Hoover
- 1932: Norman Thomas and the Socialist Vote
- 1944: GI Ballots
- 1948: Election of 1948
- 1940s/50s: Oral History About Life During Cold War
- 1968: Oral History About RFK’s Assassination
- 1970: Oral History About Kent State