Reverse Course
Feb 25, 2020
2 minutes
Interview by Nancy Tappan
n March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln promised in his inaugural address not to interfere with slavery in the states where it existed. In , historian examines how Radical Republicans in the 37th and 38th Congresses changed Lincoln’s mindset, getting him to fight the Confederacy aggressively; emancipate 4 million enslaved African
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