[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles

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Link to previous New York Times thread

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3945692/posts

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[Da Coyote]

A Long Time ago in a Galaxey far far away......the NYT actually had intelligent reporters and was believable.

[M Kehoe]

“They are the laughing stock of the Executive Departments, and not worthy of imitation by any newspaper aiming at the slightest character for accuracy in its facts.”

Who knew they had CNN back then?

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