165 years ago this week: Oregon becomes a state; Indiana gets its Senators; the Lecompton Constitution; President Buchanan wants war powers; fake news about John Brown; horrible consequences for the Doy freedom seekers; how much does it cost the President to live at the White House; a letter in the African Repository.
As always, I invite you to join me each week (Tuesday) as I spotlight people & events that eventually lead us into the four-year battle. If you'd like to start at the beginning, there is a playlist of all recap videos to-date, starting with January 1, 1859.
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