Reconstruction I: Secession on Trial

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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May 10, 1865. Jefferson Davis is awakened by gunshots. The president of the defeated and disbanded Confederate States of America is on the run, and today, federal troops finally catch him. His arrest puts the face of the Confederacy behind bars. But it also creates a problem for federal officials: what exactly do we do with this guy? How will they hold Davis accountable for his acts without turning him into a martyr for his cause? And then there’s the larger question: how can they piece a shattered nation back together?

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0:00.0	The History Channel, original podcast.
0:04.1	History this week.
0:06.5	May 10th, 1865.
0:13.8	I'm Sally Hone.
0:18.6	Jefferson Davis awakes to the sound of gunshots.
0:25.2	He's in a tent in Irwinville, Georgia.
0:28.0	His wife is beside him.
0:30.6	He went to bed fully dressed.
0:32.5	His horse is saddled.
0:34.4	His guns are in their holsters.
0:37.3	Because Davis is on the run.
0:41.9	For the past few weeks, he's been heading south towards Florida,
0:45.2	where his plan is to escape the country
0:47.6	and the consequences of his actions
0:49.6	by boarding a ship and sailing abroad.
0:53.2	Jefferson Davis is president of the Confederate States of America,
0:57.6	which no longer exists.
1:00.0	Some say it never did.
1:01.9	In fact, this legal distinction will ultimately
1:04.6	determine Davis's fate.
1:06.6	But that comes later.
1:08.4	Right now, the Confederacy has just lost the Civil War.
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