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A New Birth of Freedom, Part 1

Akhil Reed AmarDistinguishedYale University

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22:39·2026·undergraduate level

This lecture concludes the founding era by linking national security to key constitutional designs and exploring Lincoln's initial gradual plan for slavery's abolition versus the eventual Civil War.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsNational SecurityCivil War AmendmentsSlavery

Lincoln campaigned on a gradual plan: no slavery in the territories, and abolition in perhaps a century. Akhil Reed Amar explains that plan, and why nothing like it happened.

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Akhil Reed AmarDistinguished

Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the most cited scholars of the U.S. Constitution.

2 courses · 35 lecturesCanon
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