Wonderfully relaxed, clear and insightful discussion by Prof. Ayres. We can read all the history books including his, and this still adds to our understanding.
I disagree, he goes through all these different reasons citizens of the confederacy "told themselves" to justify fighting the civil war and never once said _they just didn't like black people_ or _they were shitty, dumbass people_
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This is completely fascinating. I’ve always known that Lincoln and my understanding of the Civil War were much more nuanced than my limited understanding, but this was such a clear articulation of the complexity of that time. Thank you.
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Andrew Johnson was only a small negative obstacle in the hand of the Congress. The true leader of the country was the Congress untill presidency of General Grant. An obstacle, but his effect was not catastrophic. What a pity we do not know Lincoln's future plans after the peace! Excellent historical overviews about Lincoln! Lincoln was excellent politician and he followed the exact steps for save the USA. I learnt something new, Lincoln was Constitutian lawyer so he found the original Constitution did not say anything about the slavery, so he (+Congess and the states) could put into an article against the slavery. However the Constitution of Confederacy put article for the forever slavery, so the Lincoln's Constitution invention a mirror idea from the Constitution of the Confederacy. I could say EXCELLENT Mr Lincoln, as General Butlers's idea about the Contrabandation! ( Funny but the Constitution of the Confederacy contained the States had no right to secede! (When I learnt this I started laughing) Moreover the Habeas Corpus can be suspended in a state of war according to the Southern Confederacy's Constitution! Lincoln had this possibility (after Fort Sumter!) in the original Constitution!
Wonderfully relaxed, clear and insightful discussion by Prof. Ayres. We can read all the history books including his, and this still adds to our understanding.
A superb historian who makes a masterful explanation of such a complicated set of competing agendas and goals.
I disagree, he goes through all these different reasons citizens of the confederacy "told themselves" to justify fighting the civil war and never once said _they just didn't like black people_ or _they were shitty, dumbass people_
Tragic America did not deserve Lincoln. And yet he was given to us in our most critical hour.
This is a truly masterful presentation by a treasure of a historian! Complex yet presented very clearly.
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This is completely fascinating. I’ve always known that Lincoln and my understanding of the Civil War were much more nuanced than my limited understanding, but this was such a clear articulation of the complexity of that time. Thank you.
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Thank you Edward Ayers. We need more scholars of your character and people, citizens curious enough to discover you and your colleagues.
Epic
1:08:00 amazing how the Republicans of today sound like the Democrats of August 1864
It's one area where I don't think home field is an advantage.
Andrew Johnson was only a small negative obstacle in the hand of the Congress. The true leader of the country was the Congress untill presidency of General Grant. An obstacle, but his effect was not catastrophic. What a pity we do not know Lincoln's future plans after the peace!
Excellent historical overviews about Lincoln! Lincoln was excellent politician and he followed the exact steps for save the USA. I learnt something new, Lincoln was Constitutian lawyer so he found the original Constitution did not say anything about the slavery, so he (+Congess and the states) could put into an article against the slavery. However the Constitution of Confederacy put article for the forever slavery, so the Lincoln's Constitution invention a mirror idea from the Constitution of the Confederacy. I could say EXCELLENT Mr Lincoln, as General Butlers's idea about the Contrabandation! ( Funny but the Constitution of the Confederacy contained the States had no right to secede! (When I learnt this I started laughing) Moreover the Habeas Corpus can be suspended in a state of war according to the Southern Confederacy's Constitution! Lincoln had this possibility (after Fort Sumter!) in the original Constitution!
A Southern historian speaks about Lincoln. Very interesting.
Revolting
I may regret asking you this, but……..how do you mean?