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    1863 New York City Draft Riots

    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 dr…

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    California, A Slave State

    Author Jean Pfaelzer discussed the history of forced labor in California and argued that California owes its origins and prosperity to slavery. The Commonwealth Club of California hosted thi…

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    Sailing to Freedom

    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 Associ…

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    Choctaw Confederates

    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 Confederacy.…

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    Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis

    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 compromi…

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    The Grimkes

    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 and…

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    The Crooked Path to Abolition

    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.

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    Robert E. Lee - A Life

    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.

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    How Important Was Gettysburg?

    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…

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    Sweet Taste of Liberty

    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 v…

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    On Juneteenth

    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 Junet…

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    The Blind African Slave

    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 memoirs…

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    Author Discussion on the Legacy of Slavery in America

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

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    How the Word Is Passed

    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, Massachusett…

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    Union General John Logan

    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, Logan…

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    Slave Ship Creole Revolt

    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 o…

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    Discussion on Slavery

    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 of…

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    Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom

    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…

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    Myths and Realities of American Slavery

    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 b…

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    David Long on the Election of 1860

    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 vi…

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