Bobby Horton - I am a Rebel Soldier
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The Emancipation Proclamation and the End of Slavery
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in America at the time it was written, it fundamentally changed the character of the Civil War. Overnight, a war to preserve the Union became a war for human liberation. A distinguished panel discusses the Emancipation Proclamation and its symbol of hope for the nearly 4 million enslaved people who were held in bondage. Moderated by David Blight, professor of history at Yale University, panelists include Edna Greene Medford, professor of history at Howard University, and others.
14. Never Call Retreat: Military and Political Turning Points in 1863
The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)
Professor Blight lectures on the military history of the early part of the war. Beginning with events in the West, Blight describes the Union victories at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, introduces Union General Ulysses S. Grant, and narrates the horrific battle of Shiloh, fought in April of 1862. Moving back East, the lecture describes the Union General George McClellan's abortive 1862 Peninsula campaign, which introduced the world to Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson. The lecture concludes with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's decision to take the battle to the North.
00:00 - Chapter 1. The Mood of the Civil War and McClellan's Army
09:46 - Chapter 2. Early Union Successes and Ulysses S. Grant's Entry into the War
20:07 - Chapter 3. The Battle of Shiloh
26:29 - Chapter 4. McClellan's Abortive 1862 Naval Campaign and Stonewall Jackson
33:34 - Chapter 5. The Battle of Seven Days and Robert E. Lee's Move North
49:14 - Chapter 6. Conclusion
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This course was recorded in Spring 2008.
Santa Fe Trail (Fully Closed Captioned)
Michael Curtiz’s re-telling of the John Brown legend makes for a marvelous film with Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan as pre-Civil War buddies, Jeb Stuart and General George Custer, who trained together at West Point and would go on to take different sides in the North South struggle. Raymond Massey gives a towering performance as John Brown, which culminates with his defeat at Harper’s Ferry and his ultimate hanging for his drastic methods to abolish slavery. Captioned by Corinth Films.
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16. Days of Jubilee: The Meanings of Emancipation and Total War
The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)
This lecture focuses on the process of emancipation after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The Proclamation, Professor Blight suggests, had four immediate effects: it made the Union army an army of emancipation; it encouraged slaves to strike against slavery; it committed the US to a policy of emancipation in the eyes of Europe; and it allowed African Americans to enlist in the Union Army. In the end, ten percent of Union soldiers would be African American. A number of factors, Professor Blight suggests, combined to influence the timing of emancipation in particular areas of the South, including geography, the nature of the slave society, and the proximity of the Union army.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction: Freed Slaves on the Battlefield
06:58 - Chapter 2. The Immediate Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation and Ensuing Domestic Criticisms
24:47 - Chapter 3. Which Slaves Are Free? Which Slaves Can Fight?
31:01 - Chapter 4. Recognizing and Mobilizing Emancipation: The Story of Wallace Turnage
42:22 - Chapter 5. Higginson's Account of the Proclamation and Conclusion
Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website:
This course was recorded in Spring 2008.
List of slaves | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
List of slaves
00:00:26 1 A
00:08:00 2 B
00:11:53 3 C
00:16:41 4 D
00:19:41 5 E
00:24:22 6 F
00:25:49 7 G
00:28:57 8 H
00:31:33 9 I
00:33:14 10 J
00:42:19 11 K
00:43:42 12 L
00:47:16 13 M
00:55:40 14 N
00:57:32 15 O
00:58:59 16 P
01:03:58 17 Q
01:04:33 18 R
01:07:44 19 S
01:13:20 20 T
01:16:29 21 U
01:16:50 22 V
01:18:53 23 W
01:21:12 24 X
01:21:25 25 Y
01:22:32 26 Z
01:23:45 27 See also
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- Socrates
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Slavery is a social-economic system under which persons are enslaved: deprived of personal freedom and forced to perform labor or services without compensation. These people are referred to as slaves.
The following is a list of historical people who were enslaved at some point during their lives, in alphabetical order by first name. Several names have been added under the letter representing the person's last name.
Emancipation Proclamation | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Emancipation Proclamation
00:05:00 1 Authority
00:08:02 2 Coverage
00:11:11 3 Background
00:11:20 3.1 Military action prior to emancipation
00:12:10 3.2 Governmental action towards emancipation
00:14:45 3.3 Public opinion of emancipation
00:19:46 4 Drafting and issuance of the proclamation
00:24:46 5 Implementation
00:26:27 5.1 Immediate impact
00:31:21 5.2 Political impact
00:35:29 5.2.1 Confederate response
00:37:47 5.3 International impact
00:39:30 6 Gettysburg Address
00:40:02 7 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (1863)
00:40:37 8 Postbellum
00:42:10 9 Critiques
00:44:18 10 Legacy in the civil rights era
00:44:28 10.1 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
00:46:29 10.1.1 The Second Emancipation Proclamation
00:47:01 10.2 President John F. Kennedy
00:48:17 10.3 President Lyndon B. Johnson
00:50:58 11 In popular culture
00:52:06 12 See also
00:53:14 13 Notes
00:53:23 13.1 Primary sources
00:53:32 14 Further reading
00:53:41 15 External links
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free. As soon as a slave escaped the control of the Confederate government, by running away or through advances of federal troops, the former slave became free. Ultimately, the rebel surrender liberated and resulted in the proclamation's application to all of the designated former slaves. It did not cover slaves in Union areas that were freed by state action (or three years later by the 13th amendment in December 1865). It was issued as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.The Proclamation ordered the freedom of all slaves in ten states. Because it was issued under the president's authority to suppress rebellion (war powers), it necessarily excluded areas not in rebellion, but still applied to more than 3.5 million of the 4 million slaves. The Proclamation was based on the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces; it was not a law passed by Congress. The Proclamation was issued in January 1863 after U.S government issued a series of warnings in the summer of 1862 under the Second Confiscation Act, allowing Southern Confederate supporters 60 days to surrender, or face confiscation of land and slaves. The Proclamation also ordered that suitable persons among those freed could be enrolled into the paid service of United States' forces, and ordered the Union Army (and all segments of the Executive branch) to recognize and maintain the freedom of the ex-slaves. The Proclamation did not compensate the owners, did not outlaw slavery, and did not grant citizenship to the ex-slaves (called freedmen). It made the eradication of slavery an explicit war goal, in addition to the goal of reuniting the Union.Around 25,000 to 75,000 slaves in regions where the US Army was active were immediately emancipated. It could not be enforced in areas still under rebellion, but, as the Union army took control of Confederate regions, the Proclamation provided the legal framework for freeing more than three and a half million slaves in those regions. Prior to the Proclamation, in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, escaped slaves were either returned to their masters or held in camps as contraband for later return. The Proclamation applied only to slaves in Confederate-held lands; it did not apply to those in the four slave states that were not in rebellion (Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri, which were unnamed), nor to Tennessee (unnamed but occupied by Union troops since 1862) and lower Louisiana (also under occupation), and specifically excluded those ...