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Ira Steward (1831–1883) was a key figure in labor movement in the United States during the late 19th century. He is best known as a leading advocate of the eight-hour work day.
Inspirational Quotes About Success "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll “Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”—
Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States.At a time when victory over secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery in all of the U.S. was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness.
The South benefited less and remained poor, rural, and backward, although the abolition of slavery and the breakup of large plantations after the Civil War had a leveling effect and reduced the wealth inequality that had become a serious problem in the late antebellum period--during the postwar years it became possible for many lower class ...
45. “Never waste any time you can spend sleeping.” —Frank H. Knight 46. “So little time and so little to do.” —Oscar Levant 47. “There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you ...
On June 19, or Juneteenth as it's more colloquially known, we celebrate the final emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 when word reached the state that the Civil War was ...
Lincoln's personal communications, even from around the time of his To Whom it May Concern letter, indicate that he might have been willing to privately give ground on slavery. [19] That Lincoln proposed a delayed ratification plan is mentioned by the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel in June 1865—based on a report by Stephens from after the ...
On June 19, 1865, Texas became the last state to finally enforce the law. Since then, Juneteenth is a day to honor and celebrate liberation. Many use Juneteenth as a way to support the Black ...