April 2009

Michael Burlingame on Abraham Lincoln

Of course, most of you know that Burlingame recently published his massive 2-volume study of Abraham Lincoln.  This talk was recorded at Illinois College on March 26, 2009.  Click through [...]

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Southern Senators in 1951

From Life

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Session 4 “Predictions for the Election of 1860″

Elizabeth Varon, Nelson Lankford, Jean Baker, Daniel Crofts Context: The stability of a two-party system rested on shaky ground surrounding the nature of sovereignty.  This gave rise to fears of [...]

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Session 3 “Making Sense of John Brown’s Raid”

David Blight, David Reynolds, Manisha Sinha, Clarence Walker It is interesting that we are commemorating the life of someone who committed treason.  Research is now being done on just how [...]

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Commentary

I doubt that there are 2,000 people in attendance, but this is still a significant turnout.  The panelists from the two morning sessions are now taking questions from the audience.  [...]

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