HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
Lecture 10 - The Election of 1860 and the Secession Crisis. This lecture picks off where the previous one left off, with a discussion of the legacies of John Brown. The most important thing about John Brown's raid,
Professor Blight argues, was not the event itself, but the way Americans engaged with it after the fact. Next, Professor Blight discusses the election of 1860, a four-way battle won by the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln.
In the wake of Lincoln's election, the seven states of the deep South, led by South Carolina, seceded. The lecture closes with an analysis of some of the rationales underlying southern secession.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
Lecture 10 - The Election of 1860 and the Secession Crisis
Time
Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00]
1. Introduction
[00:02:38]
2. John Brown's Trial and Publicity
[00:11:01]
3. John Brown: Was His Violence Justifiable?
[00:19:53]
4. The Four-Way Election of 1860
[00:36:41]
5. The Palmetta Republic and the Southern Secession