Sambo was a commonly used English langauage term for a person of mixed African and European descent. By the early twentieth century, however, the word became a degoratory term for male African Americans.]]>
The Wigwam in Chicago was the meeting hall that held the 1860 Republican National Convention which nominated Lincoln for president.]]>

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The cover depicts Columbia mourning the fallen president and presents Garfield and Lincoln among the angels.]]> New York Evening Post July, 16, 1862 by James Sloan Gibbons.]]> New York Evening Post (Gibbons, James Sloan)]]>