Interviews •
November 9, 2012
Historians discuss 18th and 19th Century analogs and their relationships to contemporary slavery and abolition, as well as “white slavery” and the emphasis on human rights in the 20th Century.
This panel is part of the Gilder Lehrman Center’s 14th Annual International Conference (1st day of conference)
http://www.c-span.org/video/?309205-2/roots-modern-day-slavery
Historians and authors discuss ongoing legacies of the Civil War - the issues and controversies that are still being borne out today.
Read MoreEach year, Time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the previous twelve months. If the same question had been posed in the year 1862, who would Time have selected as the Person of the Year?
Read MoreThree historians held a discussion on race and the role it played leading up to and during the Civil War and how the persistence of resentment and unhealed wounds from the war’s outcome and immediate aftermath have impacted racial issues ever since.
Read MoreHistorian and Yale Professor, David Blight spoke at the Cottage Conversation at President Lincoln's Cottage on October 27, 2011. We caught up with him to talk about his new book, "American Oracle
Read MoreDavid Blight discusses his book, American Oracle
Read MoreAudio Book Club discussion of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. Discussion by Emily Bazelon, David Blight and David Plotz
Read MoreA panel discussion was held on emancipation, citizenship for blacks, and contraband camps during the Civil War. After their papers were presented and Professor Blight had made comments, the panelists responded to questions from members of the audience. Heather Williams moderated.
Read MoreDavid W. Blight, Yale University Professor of History and author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," discusses the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Part 3 of 3.
Read MoreDavid W. Blight, Yale University Professor of History and author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," discusses the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Part 2 of 3.
Read MoreDavid W. Blight, Yale University Professor of History and author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," discusses the Civil War Sesquicentennial.
Read MoreHarold Holzer moderated a panel discussion on how President Lincoln’s opposition to slavery while respecting its protection by the Constitution put him at odds with both Southern slaveholders and Northern abolitionists.
Read MoreDavid W. Blight is an expert on the US Civil War. He discusses how Americans differ in their perception of the war.
Read MoreThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, http://www.gilderlehrman.org/, presents historian David Blight on the Underground Railroad.
Read MoreThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, http://www.gilderlehrman.org/, presents historian David Blight on abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass.
Read MoreProfessor David Blight explains the importance of Frederick Douglass.
Read MoreRoundtable discussion with David Blight, R. Brian Ferguson, John Horgan, and Dori Laub.
Read More“Lincoln in His Time and Ours: A Public Symposium” was held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the American Studies Program and History Department of Columbia University to observe the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth in 1809 and to mark the publication of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, edited by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company).
Read MoreDavid Blight talked about his book A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation, published by Harcourt. He was interviewed at the 101st annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.
Read MoreDavid Blight was interviewed on stage by James Basker about his book, A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation, published by Harcourt.
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