Sunday, August 12, 2007

Topic #8 Slavery and the Steps to Civil War

John Brown
On October 16th, 1859 John Brown led the famous raid on the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. And to mark the anniversary, Talking History offers an interview with host Bryan Le Beau and David Reynolds author of John Brown: Abolitionist. Airdate: October 17, 2005.

Bleeding Kansas
In this show Talking History's Jim Madison discusses Nicole Etcheson's re-examination of the ideological origins of the Civil War in the Kansas Territory. Etcheson is author of "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War." Airdate: September 20, 2004.

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