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During the Civil War, members of the Choctaws Nation held slaves and fought alongside Confederate forces. Author Fay Yarborough talked about Native populations, slavery, and the…

Tufts University historian Kerri Greenidge talked about the Grimke family and the Black children fathered by the slave-holding older brother of the well-known abolitionist sisters, Sarah…

Author James Oakes talked about Abraham Lincoln’s antislavery strategies and how his views and actions evolved while in office. This program was part of the Lincoln Forum’s annual meeting.

Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s life from boyhood through the Civil War. The Atlanta History Center hosted this virtual program.

Penn State professor Rachel Shelden taught a class on the Civil War as a constitutional crisis. She argued that, by the 1860s, the Constitution could no longer be used as a tool for…

City University of New York professor emeritus Joshua Brown taught a class on the 1863 New York City Draft Riots and Civil War newspapers. He described how citizens across the country saw…

Civil War scholar Gary Gallagher answered the question, “How Important Was Gettysburg?,” a Civil War battle that took place in 1863. He examined whether the Pennsylvania battle was a turning…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caleb McDaniel told the story of Henrietta Wood, an enslaved woman who survived slavery twice and successfully sued her former owner for damages in 1870. This…

On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of legalized slavery in Texas. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed explained the significance of Juneteenth…

Historian Kari Winter recounted the life of Jeffrey Brace, an enslaved man who won his freedom through his service during the Revolutionary War. Jeffrey Brace initially published his…

Author Timothy Walker talked about the maritime side of the Underground Railroad, including the impact of African Americans' paid and unpaid waterfront labor. The Nantucket Historical…

Authors Annette Gordon-Reed and Clint Smith spoke about the legacy of slavery in America. The Boston Book Festival sponsored this virtual event.

Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith looked at the legacy of slavery in America and how it has impacted history. This was a virtual event hosted by Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts.…

John Logan was a three-term senator from Illinois and a general during the Civil War, having served under William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant. Though he fought for the Union,…

In the fall of 1841, the slave ship Creole left Richmond, Virginia, en route to New Orleans with just over 130 slaves on-board. When it arrived, the ship’s captain was gone as well as most of the…

Stephanie Jones-Rogers (They Were Her Property), Caitlin Rosenthal (Accounting for Slavery), and David Blight (Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom) talked about slavery and foundations…

Catherine Clinton talked about her book, Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, published by Little Brown and Company. In the book, the author writes about Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery. Ms.…

John Perry talked about his book Myths and Realities of American Slavery: The True History of Slavery in America. Mr. Perry argued that slavery was not as integral a part of the reason…

As part of the Ninth Annual Lincoln Forum, Professor David Long discussed President Abraham Lincoln and his election campaign of 1860. The 1860 election was significant, because Lincoln’s victory…

Ms. Turnquist, introduced by Ms. Sanderson, portrayed the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She talked about her life and the influences behind her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.