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5-minute biography of the life of American politician and political theorist, John C. Calhoun. Through the use of archival material, scholar interviews, and historical illustrations, this program...
Pre-Civil War Tensions
1824-1860. During this time period, also known as the Antebellum period, the explosion of the cotton economy made the way for the expansion of slavery and the move towards westward expansion. Abolitionists like the Grimke sisters started to speak about slavery and many slaves tried to escape using established routes like the Underground Railroad. The tensions that arise between the South and North about class difference, land and slavery eventually lead to Civil War.
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Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816-1868) was a South Carolinian from Laurens County who led the effort to restore and preserve Mount Vernon, George Washington’s ancestral home in Virginia. She served as...
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General Andrew Jackson was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina in 1767. He fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Jackson became a lawyer and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. He was...
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Part 2 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...
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The introduction to the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving...
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Part 4 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...