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Lincoln, Leadership, and Race: Emancipation as Policy

David W. BlightPulitzer Prize WinnerYale University

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51:49·2008·introductory level

This lecture analyzes the Battle of Antietam and Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation as a turning point, exploring interpretations of Lincoln's leadership, his capacity for change, and the agency of enslaved people like John Washington.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsBattle of AntietamEmancipation ProclamationAbraham Lincoln

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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Never Call Retreat: Military and Political Turning Points in 1863

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Days of Jubilee: The Meanings of Emancipation and Total War

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