History of the Civil War in 10 Battles, Part 8: Sidetrack Episode on Emancipation

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History Unplugged

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🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

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 Proclamation of 1863 only came about due to a complex convergence of political, social, and cultural interests, which we will address in this episode.

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1:25.2	Welcome to our series on the most important battles in the Civil War.
1:29.0	We're queuing mostly to a military history of the Civil War, but you can't only talk
1:35.1	about the battles because there are so many things happening as a result of the battles
1:40.0	and events that are critically influencing future battles in terms of how the public
1:44.9	perceives the Civil War, how people are reacting to it, and how this can affect things
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