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O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drop
South Carolina announces her secession from the Union; Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee follow her soon after. Lincoln is inaugurated and soon after, Fort Sumter is bombarded into surrender. Cry "Havoc"!
♫ He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord ♫ ♫ He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord ♫ ♫ He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord ♫ ♫ His truth is marching on! ♫
An experiment in the lethality of canes.
A hunting competition event held in the Cape Colony near the town of Durban to facilitate economic investment and to draw talent from around the globe to the Cape to further grow the colony.
Liberals and runaway spending, name a more iconic duo.
The Supreme Court has ruled: 1. Persons of African descent cannot be and were never intended to be citizens under the U.S. Constitution. 2. Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. 3. The Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional. Has the Slavery Question been finally resolved?
Sic Semper Tyrannis
A settlement on the permanent division of the Oregon Country between the United States and her Brittanic Majesty.
A land sale to the United States splits the governing coaliton in two. The resulting ratification debate takes six years, two elections, several Constitutional ammendments, and nearly brings the country to civil war.
Do no harm?
President Jackson has decided to follow Washington's tradition of only serving 2 terms. The brokered Democratic convention that followed resulted in the unexpected nomination of Richard M. Johnson, a Kentuckian scandal-ridden slaveholder as party nominee, while the Whigs remain scattered.
James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution", has passed away at his Montpelier estate, not wanting to prolong his life a few painful days until the 4th of July, to die the same day as his fellow presidents: Adams, Jefferson and Monroe. He was the last of the Founding Fathers.
A group of freedom-loving American Freemasons organize a cultural organization: "The New Order of the Ages"
The threat of the Maroons has been declared ended, allowing for the first election of the President of Texas to happen in September. Increased immigration from the United States is observed.
Like father, like son.
The governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Republic of Texas, the Kingdom of France, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have all announced recently that a treaty resolving the Texan occupation of Guyana has been signed. The Treaty of Havana recognizes Texan sovereignty …
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is widely celebrated after the rebellious elements in Coahilla y Tejas are pacified.
The Battle of Jacinto ends in a crushing retreat for Santa Anna, preventing him from catching the escaping Texans.
The Corsican Ogre dies.
Napoleon meets the Democratic-Republican establishment and becomes a slaveholder.
In a shocking turn of events, one of the packet ships that made port in the city yesterday carried none other than Napoleon Bonaparte, former Emperor of the French, accompanied by his brother Joseph and a small party of loyal companions.