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In honor of #TheAtlantic160, we’re sharing one article every day from each year of the magazine’s history:
From 1857, here’s Edmund Quincy urging Northerners to oppose slavery in our first abolitionist piece #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2znIboC
From 1858, an unnamed author outlines the conflict over popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2zsyhlM
From 1859, here's a satiric critique of women’s unequal access to education. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2zvp6B1
From 1860, James Russell Lowell endorses Abraham Lincoln for the presidency #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2yzlb61
From 1861, here’s James Russell Lowell's account of the opening salvos of the Civil War. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2ja1Ph3
From 1862, here's Julia Ward Howe’s iconic Civil War anthem, which was first printed in our pages. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2m4lP5L
From 1863, Louisa May Alcott’s story of brothers—one white and one black—in a Civil War hospital. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2yLA0Tp
From 1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow describes a visit to Salt Lake City and conversations with Brigham Young. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2yP3z6y
From 1865, George Bancroft evaluates Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy after his assassination. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2ABSKky
From 1866, William Parker narrates his escape from slavery and his fight to retain his freedom. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2AHwoPD
From 1867, Frederick Douglass implores Congress to defend the equal citizenship of black Americans. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2z4fahZ
From 1868, here’s one of the very last stories Charles Dickens wrote. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2hyDsWv
From 1869, Harriet Beecher Stowe defends Lady Byron with a sordid revelation about her poet husband. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2hya9Dd
From 1870, Anna Leonowens describes her experiences teaching the King of Siam’s children. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2jFAeob
From 1871, John Fiske investigates the natural and cultural roots of popular superstitions. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2jLYRj7
From 1872, Franklin Sanborn details how he and other abolitionists funded the 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2Bep4Ly
From 1873, James Parton outlines the policies and practices that set Jefferson’s presidency apart. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2BrHIj1
From 1874, George Cary Eggleston reflects on the Civil War from the Confederate perspective. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2ibHUyd
From 1875, theologian Henry James Sr. interrogates the moral and civic laws governing marriage. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2AdPJtX
From 1876, Allan B. Magruder outlines postbellum plans Lincoln made but didn’t live to see through. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2kbB8t5
From 1877, Ohio representative and future president James Garfield reflects on the history of Congress. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2i6O5A3
From 1878, a South Carolinian describes the rising resentment and racial tension in the state at the end of Reconstruction. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2AoqSnk
From 1879, W. H. Babcock writes about the labor-saving devices reshaping life in the 19th century, and speculates about those yet to come. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2jVflBZ
From 1880, here’s the first part of one of Henry James’s most popular and well-regarded novels, which was first serialized in The Atlantic. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2BFIk40
From 1881, H. D. Lloyd describes how the American railroad system was built into a formidable business. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2jqXJhP
From 1882, Herbert Tuttle profiles Otto Von Bismarck, who masterminded the unification of Germany a decade earlier. #TheAtlantic160 theatln.tc/2BVslzI
