Chapter 1 – The Election of 1860.
Despite frequently declaring that he is not an abolitionist, Lincoln states he is morally opposed to slavery and that it should not be allowed to expand into Federal territories. That is enough for Southerners to break up the Union.
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Prologue. The 1850’s began with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act as part of the Compromise of 1850. The Act required officials and citizens of Free states to cooperate in the return of escaped slaves. The conscience of the North began to move towards Abolitionism.
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Robert Penn Warren called the Civil War the “American oracle”. It changed the country’s destiny...the great pivot upon which the path of the American story forever turned. This second chapter - Overture - highlights events that sparked the bloodiest war in American history.
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April 9, 2025 marks the 160th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox. Children today are forbidden to read the truth of slavery's role in the formation and evolution of the American experiment. This is the first of a 28-chapter series that retells how it was abolished. youtu.be/6R8Q-5fSrHA