165 years ago this week: John Wilkes Booth & his family, including his father Junius Brutus Booth, mother Mary Ann, & brother Edwin Booth; Tammany Hall is the hot spot for Democrats trying to support President Buchanan's desire to purchase Cuba from Spain for $30 million; freedom seeker Joshua Glover, abolitionist Sherman Booth, & the Supreme Court re: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Join me each week as I spotlight people & events that eventually lead us into the four-year battle. If you'd like to start at the beginning, there is a playlist of all recap videos to-date, starting with January 1, 1859.
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