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The Election of 1860 and the Secession Crisis

David W. BlightPulitzer Prize WinnerYale University

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51:01·2008·introductory level

This session explores the public memory and debate surrounding John Brown's raid, the complex four-way election of 1860, and the subsequent secession of Deep South states, evaluating the rationales for southern withdrawal from the Union.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsJohn Brown's LegacyElection of 1860Secession Crisis

The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)

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David W. BlightPulitzer Prize Winner

Pulitzer Prize for History · Sterling Professor of History · Yale University

David W. Blight is a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian renowned for his definitive scholarship on the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

1 course · 22 lecturesCanon
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