Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln Section- African American Soldiers Imprint on blade

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Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln Section- African American Soldiers Imprint on bladeby Saladin Ambar Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincolnthe story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national mapthe Lyceum Address. Lynched: Five white gamblers suspected of aiding a slave insurrection in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Burned Alive: A Black man implicated in the death of a constable in St. Louis, Missouri. Gunned Down: A white