Women such as mary lincoln and kate chase daughter of salmon p chase, it carried out their own social battles through gossip, spending wars, and hosting parties. According to ms. Clinton, meri lincoln often drew criticism for attempting to keep up appearances through lavish diplomatic Interest Despite the ongoing civil war. This hourlong event was part of the lincoln forms symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Its my pleasure to introduce your second speaker this morning, dr. Catherine clinton. Dr. Clinton earned her bachelors degree at harvard and ph. D. At princeton where she studied under dr. James mcpherson. She taught at the citadel, wesleyan wesleyan, brandeis, and Queens University in belfast Northern Ireland. Since august of 2014, shes been the denman endowed professor at American History at the university of texas at san antonio. So from Northern Ireland to texas, thats quite a journey. And 2016 shell assume the presidency of the Southern Historical association. Her prestigio
Professor dirck argues that prior to his presidency lincoln was very much a typical american. he also spoke about lincolns interactions with both slaves and White Supremacists and how attitudes changed during the era. This class is about an hour. We are dealing with the american slave system in roughly 40 years time, called the antebellum period, leading up to the civil war. This is when american slavery is in its heyday. This is when more americans are making more money off the forced labor of africanamericans than they ever have before. And economist who studies this, the amount of wealth from cotton exceeds every other investment in america. Hans of money has been made off the cotton empire. And we see how americans have gotten into the cotton empire with the invention of the cotton gin, americas transition from agriculture to cotton agriculture. If there is one thing i want you guys to get out of this class slavery is not just a southern history topic. It is an American History top