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    Stories of Antebellum America

      Click on a video title below to explore American history from the early 1800s to the Civil War.

      The War Before the War | Andrew Delbanco on the Story of Slavery in America

      Was There a Corrupt Bargain? Time Trip to February 9, 1825

      History Spotlight: The Dred Scott Case

      Beyond Dred Scott | The Legacy of Freedom Suits in American History

      Abraham Lincoln in a Duel? | Surprising History

      The Heroic Story of Harriet Tubman | Told by Living History Performer Glynis Brooks

      Crazy History | The Border War Over Bees

      Disaster on the Riverfront | The Great St Louis Fire of 1849

      The Story of Dred and Harriet Scott and Their Fight for Freedom that Changed America

      The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom

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