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Lecture 15 - Lincoln, Leadership, and Race: Emancipation as Policy
FromHIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
Lecture 15 - Lincoln, Leadership, and Race: Emancipation as Policy
FromHIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
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20 minutes
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Aug 22, 2017
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Professor Blight follows Robert E. Lee's army north into Maryland during the summer of 1862, an invasion that culminated in the Battle of Antietam, fought in September of 1862. In the wake of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a document that changed the meaning of the war forever. Professor Blight suggests some of the ways in which Americans have attempted to come to grips with the enigmatic Lincoln, and argues that, in the end, it may be Lincoln's capacity for change that was his most important characteristic. The lecture concludes with the story of John Washington, a Virginia slave whose concerted action suggests the central role American slaves played in securing their own freedom. TranscriptLecture Page
Released:
Aug 22, 2017
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Titles in the series (27)
Lecture 13 - Terrible Swift Sword: The Period of Confederate Ascendency, 1861-1862: Professor Blight discusses the expectations, advantages, and disadvantages with which North and South entered the Civil War. Both sides, he argues, expected and desired a short, contained conflict. The northern advantages enumerated in this lecture include industrial capability, governmental stability, and a strong navy. Confederate advantages included geography and the ability to fight a defensive war. Professor Blight concludes the lecture with the Battle of Bull Run, the first major engagement of the war. Transcript Lecture Page by HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877