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Slavery Splinters the Union

Year

2024

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

33m

Rating

TVPG

Performers

Leslie Alexander

Directed By

The Great Courses

Publication Information

The Great Courses

Summary

In the 1850s, the battles regarding slavery tore the Union apart, leading inexorably to the Civil War. Examine the economic and political debates over slavery, and the conflicts over free versus slave states that deepened the tensions between North and South. Witness the events of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, and John Brown's Raid, as the country teetered toward war.

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