Would have passed, the exhibit on your way in tonight, marks an that markscument in an episode when president Abraham Lincoln directly interceded for american jews. Generale document is ulysses grants december 1862 general order to expel jews from the department of tennessee. Grant blamed jews for smuggling and demanded their immediate removal. Jewish citizens of paducah, kentucky appealed to president lincoln, expressing their outrage, and lincoln countermanded grants order. Histories cannot be written without the primary sources that tell us authentically what happened at a particular time. Grants order to expel jews and his later revocation of that order documents preserved here in the national archives, testify to a moment in history that many in the wider public are not aware of, yet it cannot be forgotten, because the records exist to tell us so. By gathering together and publishing the documents in his volume, dr. Zola has given access to a large number of primary source documen
His image for different causes. This Lincoln Group of d. C. Talk is about 45 minutes. Our first speaker today is paul quickly. The director of the Virginia Center of civil war studies at Virginia Tech university. He holds degrees from Lancaster University and the university of North Carolina and chapel hill. His first book, shifting ground nationalism and the American South was published in 2011 and one both a british and american historical award. He is currently working on a book on Preston Brooks which exacerbated the tensions that led to the outbreak of the war. He has distinguished himself among a Younger Generation of historians who are bringing new perspectives to the civil war. His particular contribution is to highlight the dimensions of the war and today he will talk about abraham aiken. [applause] mr. Quigley thank you very much and thank you to the audience for coming out today or this program. One solution for the speakers wouldve been to ask for the remaining speakers to
He learned to sign before he could talk.
Abraham Aiken was born to deaf parents, and as an infant he communicated with his parents largely through sign language.
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