Unpacking 1619 - A Heights Libraries Podcast

Episode 018 – Slavery’s Constitution Part 2 with Eric Foner


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Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University Eric Foner discusses his book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. By looking at the history of the debates around each Post-War Amendment, Professor Foner examines how each amendment sought to permanently end slavery and reconstitute the nation.
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