It was something that would restrict their agency. They had control of communications, they had control of the theology. What then i can imagine would have headed off the war. There is a very great difference between Abraham Lincoln and steven douglas. Well i think it is building up through the 1850s and we can talk about john brownes raid who inspired hysteria throughout the south. They were afraid of slave insurrectio insurrections. They never appeared, but they were afraid of it and i think rightly so. And i think that white racial anxiety was also tied to the fact that their economy was based on slave labor. And there was more wealthy people in the south than in any other. You saw the wealth chart up there. They are talking about haiti a lot. And the specter of a real race war is real and they saw john brown as indicative of much of what the white north wanted. They con flated people in support of john brown, and that did scare them. There was a series of unexplained fired in 1860 that spread eastward and they were atranscript attributed to people trying to create havoc. They didnt get much for a long time and you put that together with john brown and other imaginings of what a republican might do. If you want, responses to how much this bothered people in a confederate context, look at news of the final proclamation including Robert E Lees proclamation. It is deeply angry and strident. And that carries over to reconstruction. As somebody who is in the society of cincinnati, i want to point out something, Alexander Hamilton predicted civil war in 20 years. So he was wrong. He missed it by a few years. He said if you dont [ applause ] this has been an extraordinary first night. I justment to remind everyone that breakfast begins tomorrow at 6 30. You dont have to have breakfast at 6 30. We will start here at 9 00 a. M. Thank you again. We are featuring American History programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c span 3. We will show you a reenactment as enthusiasts reenact crossing the river. American history tv, tonight at 8 00 eastern on c span 3. Every saturday night, American History tv takes you to College Classrooms around the country for lectures in history. Had you ever heard of the gene harris murder trial before this class. It was in a transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. So were going to talk about both sides of the story here. The tools and the techniques, and also the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. Lectures and history on cspan 3 every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And it is available as a pod cast. Author Peter Carmichael uses letters written by union and confederate soldiers. Good morning, everyone, im Jonathan White and im vice cha chair, were on