Episode 8: Sidetrack Episode on Emancipation

Key Battles of the Civil War

Society & Culture

4.7 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The entire point of the Civil War was to end slavery, right? Not exactly, and definitely not at the beginning of the War. The North went to war strictly to save the Union and had little interest in abolishing slavery in the South. The Emancipation...

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0:48.0	The Civil War was the most important event in American history.
0:59.7	That's because it decided what kind of nation America would be
1:02.9	and whether or not the promise of universal liberty would really be fulfilled.
1:07.2	And what decided the outcome of the Civil War was its battles.
1:13.6	Welcome to the key battles in the Civil War podcast. Welcome to our series on the most important battles in the Civil War.
1:29.5	We're hewing mostly to a military history of the Civil War, but you can't only talk about the
1:36.3	battles because there are so many things happening as a result of the battles and events
1:41.3	that are critically influencing future battles in terms of how the public
1:45.8	perceives the Civil War, how people are reacting to it, and how this can affect things like
1:51.0	manpower. The most critical thing, the most critical outcome of the Civil War that most
1:56.3	people would say was emancipation. And we thought it would be worthwhile to focus on it. Why did it happen?
2:03.5	What did people think about emancipation for the Emancipation Proclamation? Was it universally
2:08.5	popular in the North? Did everyone want this? Did only some people want this? Why did only
2:12.7	some people want this? And what were the results of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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