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Franklin and Armfield's Alexandria site was visited by various abolitionists who have left detailed descriptions of it They concur in that Mr Armfield in contrast with Robert Lumpkin among others was the most scrupulous of the major slave traders who would not knowingly purchase kidnapped slaves or freedmen and whose slaves were reasonably well treated while he owned them at least at the Duke Street facility Slaves appeared to concur in this relatively positive picture asking that if they were to be sold that they be sold to Mr Armfield However Armfield frequently took children from their parents and sold them South. 10 Slavery Abraham Lincoln presents the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet Painted by Francis Bicknell Carpenter in 1864. . Further information: Presidency of James K Polk, Stephen Johnson Field March 6 1863 March 10 1863 Women contributed to the American Revolution in many ways and were involved on both sides Formal politics did not include women but ordinary domestic behaviors became charged with political significance as Patriot women confronted a war which permeated all aspects of political civil and domestic life They participated by boycotting British goods spying on the British following armies as they marched washing cooking and tending for soldiers delivering secret messages and even fighting disguised as men in a few cases such as Deborah Samson Mercy Otis Warren held meetings in her house and cleverly attacked Loyalists with her creative plays and histories. Above all women continued the agricultural work at home to feed their families and the armies They maintained their families during their husbands' absences and sometimes after their deaths.

! ; Davis underscores the British dilemma: "Britain when confronted by the rebellious American colonists hoped to exploit their fear of slave revolts while also reassuring the large number of slave-holding Loyalists and wealthy Caribbean planters and merchants that their slave property would be secure" the Colonists however accused the British of encouraging slave revolts. U.S brig Perry confronting the slave ship Martha off Ambriz on June 6 1850. . President Lincoln's assassination left him a national martyr He was viewed by abolitionists as a champion for human liberty Republicans linked Lincoln's name to their party Many though not all in the South considered Lincoln as a man of outstanding ability.:76 79 106 110 Historians have said he was "a classical liberal" in the 19th century sense Allen C Guelzo states that Lincoln was a.