In the second episode of our Civil War miniseries, John Peterson takes a closer look at the Constitutional foundations of the crisis, the economics of slavery, the abolitionists, the political scene at the time, and provides a brief timeline of events leading up to secession and the war itself. Full transcript: bit.ly/3tmb8JP. 

Part 1: bit.ly/3aWMvg6. 

Part 3: bit.ly/3w5sOLF. 

Part 4: bit.ly/3mzD0rJ. 

Music: "Battle Cry of Freedom", University of California, Santa Barbara Library (CC BY-NC 2.5).