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Imagined debate, and Harold Holzer moderates. The metropolitan museum of art posted this event. [applause] holzer in their entire eventful lives, be met only three times maybe for at most. And when they finally did, they spent their time together locked in political combat. One was a proud radical, and avenue an advocate for Racial Justice who ran out of patience with the status quo. The other was an ingenious master of the arts of compromise, exquisite political timing, leading when necessary f...

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] french nation for information on our schedule up next on American History tv, university of virginia history professors gary gail ger and peter onuf discuss Thomas Jeffersons views on federalism and the union of the states. They debate jeffersons provocative belief in the separation of races. President lincolns preservation of the union during the civil war an...

His mind, images he wouldnt be able to report, however, subconscious they were, maybe got a flickr of something as he lay there across the street. My hope is that as he lay dying lincoln was able to call to mind the image of even jesus on the cross, perhaps, but certainly my hope is that he would have had the knowledge that historic irony was about to take place. He was about to die, having been shot all the very day of jesuss crucifixion. And that would send him into a martyrdom like none other...

Union in a sense was so important during the 19thcentury is gone. There were contending understandings of the meaning of union. Almost always tied to ideas about liberty and opportunity and frequently enmeshed with beliefs about the place of the institution of slavery in the american republic. All of the individuals who have been the subjects of lectures in this series talked about union from madison and other framers of the constitution who drafted what they thought would lead to a more perfect...

That is the one vindication i could not think of. But the way in which black ministers made sense of this, god had intervened in Human Affairs in 1861 and god had chosen Abraham Lincoln to do his work in 1862. That gods will was to transform the status of africanamericans because they were his chosen people. Now god had released them from bondage at there were great they great things in their future. One thing to keep in mind as we talk about the grim days of reconstruction and grimmer days of t...

Makes the case of the number of men from slave states that wore blue uniforms gave a decisive edge to the union in the end. He finds 450 thousand men from slave states were union blue. This is a new framework for thinking about the war. Lets talk a little bit about men in the ranks and give some examples to the audience of some of these troops and their stories. Prof. Gannon there are so many. One of the things people have no idea is how many medal of honor winners there were among colored troop...

Lincoln described vindication in a way. For the one group in particular for home the providential interpretation was unambiguous was africanamericans. The way in which black ministers made sense of this was that god had intervened in Human Affairs in 1861s. God had chosen Abraham Lincoln to do his work in 1862. That gods will was to transform the status of africanamericans because they were his chosen people. Now god had released them from bondage at there were great they their future. We talk a...

Programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on her schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. You are looking at a live picture from Oak Ridge Cemetery from revealed illinois, where the 150th anniversary of president aber cap president abraham we can pause euro. With us is richard hart, a springfield resident and author. Your book is lincolns springfield. Tell us what...

Its going . Looking at the Court Decisions that have come down to date. And a corollary of that is does the current analysis under the Fourth Amendment, reasonable expectation of privacy, does it really fit this subject matter . Or is there another way to look at it, perhaps . Another topic is how do we find out in our cases whether this technology has been used . Youve heard from our last panel efforts that have been made by Law Enforcement to keep it secret. How do we determine that it has bee...

Springfield. Tell us what we are going to see today and whats going to happen behind you this afternoon. This afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. It started on the square downtown and it will take probably half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions with reenactors in tho...