Emancipation During the Civil War
Historian Gary Gallagher argued that the primary motive of the North during the Civil War was to preserve the “Union"-no…
Clip: The Economics of Emancipation
Historian Gary Gallagher argued that the primary motive of the North during the Civil War was to preserve the “Union"-no…
Despite a federal law banning black soldiers from serving in the U.S. Army, they nonetheless fought during the Civil War…
Historian Seymour Drescher talked about slavery being abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833. He noted that the…
This week on The Civil War, two speakers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society’s 2012 Civil War Symposium. First, aut…