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- Free Black Women in the Anti-Slavery Movement
- Kathryn Kish Sklar of SUNY, Binghamton discusses the role and importance of Free Black women in the anti-slavery movement.
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- Women and Political Activity in the Antebellum Whig Party
- Kathryn Kish Sklar of SUNY, Binghamtom discusses the role of women in the Antebellum Whig party.
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- Abolitionism and Women's Changing Public Roles
- Julie Roy Jeffrey of Goucher University discusses women's public roles in the abolitionist movement.
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- Abraham Lincoln and the Idea of Free Labor
- Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses Abraham Lincoln's views of free labor.
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- Changing Gender Roles in the Antebellum Period
- Julie Roy Jeffrey of Goucher College discusses gender roles in the 19th century.
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- Nineteenth Century American Political Culture
- Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses the role of politics in American life in the mid-19th century.
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- Frontier Settlement and the Vision of an All-White Society
- Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses racism in the North in the 18th century.
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- Free Blacks, Colonization, and the Roots of Abolitionism
- Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses colonization as a possible beginning of the abolitionist movement.
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- Dred Scott Decision and National Politics
- Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses political views on the Dred Scott decision.
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- Abolitionism in Antebellum Illinois
- James O. Horton of George Washington University discusses abolitionism in Illinois.
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- Abraham Lincoln, Women, and Politics
- Gerald Prokopowicz of the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, IN discusses Abraham Lincoln's evolving political views on women's issues.
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- Women's Roles in Whig Politics
- Michael F. Holt of the University of Virginia discusses women's roles in politics, especially in the Whig Party.
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- Abraham Lincoln and the Problem of Race and Slavery
- Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery.