Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln

Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincoln-the story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national map-the Lyceum Address.

Lynched: Five white gamblers suspected of aiding a slave insurrection in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Burned Alive: A Black man implicated in the death of a constable in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gunned Down: A white abolitionist in Alton, Illinois.

These weren't just acts of mob...