Confederate States

“Don’t kneel to me. You must kneel to God only, and thank him  for the liberty you will enjoy hereafter” (Brinkley 414).  President Abraham Lincoln spoke these words to a former slave that kneeled before him while walking the streets of the abandoned Confederate capitol of Richmond in 1865. Although there are several different questions … Read more

“Don’t kneel to me. You must kneel to God only, and thank him <sic> for the liberty you will enjoy hereafter” (Brinkley 414).  President Abraham Lincoln spoke these words to a former slave that kneeled before him while walking the streets of the abandoned Confederate capitol of Richmond in 1865. Although there are several different … Read more