DID YOU KNOW Reeling from a president’s assassination, we said political violence was not the answer to the country’s struggles by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge May 4, 2026 Cantabrigians channeled their anger over Lincoln's killing, many seeing it as a symbol of a larger struggle between the forces of good and evil.
DID YOU KNOW Debate over Fugitive Slave Act raises questions of ‘lawful authority’ by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 6, 2026 The federal mandate for Northern states to enforce the proslavery agenda of Southern states fueled the fires of division before the Civil War.