Jan 26, 2017
TAH.org's first Documents in Detail webinar aired on Wednesday, 25 January 2017, focusing on Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. Professors John Moser, Eric Sands, and Joe Fornieri discussed a number of perspectives on the document, from the prominence of Biblical language throughout, to the political impact of and reaction to the address. The scholars also discussed a counter-factual question regarding how Lincoln might have navigated the minefield of Reconstruction differently - and perhaps more successfully - than his successor, Andrew Johnson.
Suggested further reading is
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, by Ronald
White.
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Note: there is a slight echo on one scholar's voice at about the 34-minute mark, which lasts for about 20 seconds. It is the only place where this audio issue came up during the program.
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