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American History

Marta Steele

(17 posts)

1. no resistance? Just empty acres?

Reply to bluedigger (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 11:57 AM

Dec 2012

one of the great private land opportunities in world history"? Uh, wasn't anyone else there? Does not this country sit uneasily upon the bones and blood of countless Native Americans?

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Lincoln's other legacy. [View all] bluedigger Nov 2012 OP

no resistance? Just empty acres? Marta Steele Dec 2012 #1

It's a pretty glaring omission. Bucky Jan 2013 #2

I once thought about writing a Master's thesis about the connection between TCR and the Civil War Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #3

Yep, there's lots of connections. Lincoln did a lot of work for the RRs in Illinois. Bucky Feb 2013 #4