Extra Credit Questions

[Anita]

Congratulations, Anita! Indeed it was Robert Lincoln. Prior to going to Abel Wilder Estabrook's school he attended what was referred to as a "Slipper School." Robert recalled, "I have a dim recollection of being under the slipper-guardianship of a school mistress until 1850."

SOURCE: Lincoln's Springfield Neighborhood by Bonnie E. Paull and Richard E. Hart with a Forward by Dr. Wayne Temple. This book was recommended to me by Joe Di Cola, and I agree with Joe - excellent book.

I cannot think of an appropriate prize for this, so I simply shall wish you a wonderful weekend.

Thanks Roger for the prize. One can never go wrong with a wonderful weekend and so I wish you the same.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Yes, Roger's prizes are always classy and of high value (while I would probably have issued something silly like this pair of harmless slippers:
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[Jim Page]

Eva, those slippers might be a tad silly, but these I got for my wife were a big hit:


Of course, they are also a hit with our Murphy, who thinks they are his little brothers:


--Jim

[Eva Elisabeth]

That's really cool, Jim!!!

[RJNorton]

Jim, I second Eva! Nice!

[L Verge]

If Lincoln is The Emancipator, who is known as The Liberator?

[RJNorton]

The person was in the textbook I used when I was teaching - Simón Bolívar.

[L Verge]

Then maybe there are two who carry that sobriquet. I'm actually seeking another Liberator.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Grant - because of the prisoner exchange?

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I seem to link the title to Frederick Douglass though.

[L Verge]

Logical guess, Eva, but think outside of the U.S.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Garibaldi?

[Gene C]

Are you referring to William Lloyd Garrison and his abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator"?

http://www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp

[Eva Elisabeth]

And Obama entitled Mandela likewise.

[L Verge]

The person that I am thinking of carried on a correspondence with Mr. Lincoln during the Civil War.

[Wild Bill]

Benito Juarez