Encore: The Age of Jackson | A Nation Divided | 7
American History Tellers
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4.7 • 18.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The Age of Jackson was a time of intense change and tremendous growth in the United States. But it was not without controversy. In the years leading up to the Civil War, slavery and the rising abolitionist movement divided the country. On this episode, Lindsay speaks with Dr. Kate Masur, a history professor at Northwestern University and the author of Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction. They’ll discuss the decades leading up to the Civil War: the Black codes, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Compromise of 1850 and states’ rights.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music, |
| 0:05.6 | download the app today. |
| 0:08.3 | This summer American History Tellers will present a special seven-part series on one of the |
| 0:12.4 | most pivotal and violent events in our nation's history, the Civil War. |
| 0:16.9 | But first, we're bringing you an encore presentation of a series about that war's origins. |
| 0:22.0 | This is the Age of Jackson. Imagine at September 30th, 1850, in the Quinn Chapel AME |
| 0:38.0 | Church in Chicago, Illinois. You're a tailor and an anti-slavery activist, and you've |
| 0:43.7 | gathered 300 fellow Black Chicagoans for a rally. You're determined to put a plan in action |
| 0:49.0 | to resist the new Fugitive Slave Act recently passed by Congress. All eyes turn to you |
| 0:55.1 | as you step up to the pulpit. Good evening. Now, I've asked you all here to discuss this outrageous |
| 1:04.0 | new law. Fugitive Slave Act commands all citizens to cooperate with the capture of runaway |
| 1:09.5 | slaves, and this law is unconstitutional. It's on Christian, and it's a direct assault |
| 1:14.9 | on our community. You smile and take a deep breath, feeling strengthened by the applause. |
| 1:22.2 | Now, although we ourselves are free, we must commit to helping those still in bondage. |
| 1:29.8 | So I propose we form a vigilance committee, something to patrol the streets at night, |
| 1:34.7 | watching out for slave catchers. We'll find them, and we'll stop them. |
| 1:40.8 | As you sweep your gaze across the room, you lock eyes with a wealthy client of yours, named |
| 1:45.7 | David. He's one of a handful of white men in the audience, and looking around nervously, |
| 1:51.0 | he rises to speak. Well, excuse me. Thank you. I agree this law is |
| 1:57.8 | important, but you're talking about creating your own vigilante police force. Is that really |
| 2:04.2 | the best way to go about things? Well, I ask you what other way is there. Our government |
| 2:08.8 | won't protect us. We have to protect each other. It's time we defend ourselves against |
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