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Abraham lincoln bicentennial commission. Thank you for joining us today. Unlike that of winston churchill, Abraham Lincolns humor tended towards selfdepreciation. During one of the Lincoln Douglass debates in illinois, a spectator shouted lincoln was being two faced. Two faced, shouted lincoln. If i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . Lincolns humor was an essential component of his personality and political persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queen...

Our free radio app, and be part of the National Participation through cspans daily washington journal program. On you there are on you social media feeds. Created as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. She was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. This is the earliest existing house. They lived here through the 1830s and 1840s. She was educated and taught school. Eliza would read to him while he worked making suits for the men of town. The north and the south fought over the occupation of greenville all through the civil war. It chang...

War. It changed hands over 26 times. Andrew and eliza did purchase slaves so they had domestic help. It was used as a hospital, as a place to stay. It was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. This is the room she returned to after her years in the white house. She was just obscure as she probably would have wanted it but she is who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war ravaged nation and brought his southern democrat Vice President Andr...

Of earlier discussions about the meaning of fremont when we thought about free communities, free black folks in the north and the south and how we came up with this way of representing freedom as freedom with a line through it. Not quite freedom to freedom. Right, this question of freedom and what did it mean. And so, for today were going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, well be thinking about what did freedom mean to the free people, right. And in 19 january of 1865, secretary of war, Edwin Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers i...

And so, for today were going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, well be thinking about what did freedom mean to the free people, right. And in january of 1865, secretary of war, Edwin Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia, they were preachers, teachers, lay persons, and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect and particularly wanted to know what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation. The group of 20 ...