Monday 11/1: Slavery, the Civil War, the Sides

Zoom link for tonight's 6pm class can be found here. If you are prompted for a passcode, it is 105838.

Zoom recording of the class can be found here.

Read/watch for class:

1. • Watch: Short film by Crash Course US History, "The 1860 Election and the Road to Disunion." Film can be found below.

   • Watch: Short film by Crash Course US History, "Slavery." Film can be found below.

   • Abraham Lincoln, “A House Divided” (1858). Article can be found below.

   • Chandra Manning, “Lincoln and Liberty,” What This Cruel War Was Over. Article can be found below.

   • Frederick Douglass, excerpt, "What To a Slave is the 4th of July?" (1852). See below.

Prepare/organize for class:

Why did the Civil War happen? According to Manning, how did northern whites see it? Southern whites? Blacks? Lincoln?

Frederick Douglass argues that, at the very least, patriotism creates a moral dilemma for black Americans in his day. Why? Is this still true, for black Americans in 2021?