U.S. History

The history of the United States beginning with the First Americans to Contemporary America in the 21st Century.
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The Domestic Slave Trade | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Domestic Slave Trade | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3

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Dr. Larry Watson discusses the reasons why, between 1787 and 1803, South Carolina forbade the importation of new slaves. This resulted in the rise of the domestic slave trade in the Southern U.S.
Civil Rights Glossary | Road Trip!
Civil Rights Glossary | Road Trip!

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CIVIL RIGHTS - The rights of individuals to be free from unfair or unequal treatment (discrimination) in a number of settings, when that negative treatment is based on the individual's race, gender...
A Historic Time Capsule | Walter Edgar's Journal
A Historic Time Capsule | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3

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The Hunley is described as “a historic time capsule.” Sen. Glenn McConnell discusses using the clues found in the Hunley to piece together what happened the night it sank the U.S.S. Housatonic.
A Giant Puzzle | Walter Edgar's Journal
A Giant Puzzle | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 1

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In this first segment on the Confederate submarine C.S.S. Hunley, Walter Edgar and Senator Glenn McConnell discuss how finding the submarine disproved all pre-conceived notions about its design...
Why We Fight | Walter Edgar's Journal
Why We Fight | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 1

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Dr. James McPherson discusses the reasons and motivations behind what made common soldiers ("Billy Yank" and "Johnny Reb") go fight in the Civil War.
Civil War
Civil War "Sensory History" | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 4

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One of the new fields in Civil War history is what is known as “sensory history:” what people experienced, thought, smelled, tasted, heard, etc. Dr. James McPherson and Dr. Mark Smith discuss these...