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Days of Jubilee: The Meanings of Emancipation and Total War

David W. BlightPulitzer Prize WinnerYale University

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48:40·2008·introductory level

This session investigates the immediate effects of the Emancipation Proclamation, including its role in transforming the Union army and encouraging slave resistance. It also examines factors influencing the timing and impact of emancipation across the South.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsUnion ArmySlave ResistanceTotal War

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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