VaCWSesquicentennial09

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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Session 2: “The Future of Virginia and the South” (Part 2)

If you visited Richmond in 1859 you would have witnessed a great deal of change, including ships going down the James with wheat for Australia, an increasing number of railroads, [...]

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Session 1: “Taking Stock of the Nation in 1859″ (Part 3)

The 1859 census will show that 99% of the north is white.  Most people in the North do not wake up thinking about the South.  They are thinking about jobs, [...]

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