Confederacy, despite the Fatal Shooting of general jackson. The New York Historical society hosted the hourlong event. Good evening. Its great to be back at the New York Historical society. It is hard to believe that there actually is a battle this trio has yet to cover in our ongoing series, we have at least one more battle. We thank you for joining us. As you heard, the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Before we get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. It is a neglected battle in an audit self. It has so many links to what in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do some context. If i can start with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 1863. But things had changed, as i will show you here. In early 1863, recruitment of africanamericans for the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation, and legislation. Much has changed. You set the scene for
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Workersxt, united farm cofounder, though lotus where huerta,olores discusses the Farmworkers Movement and cesar chavez. It is about two hours. Panel brings one of the icons of the movement to our Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Workers Movement with cesar chavez. [applause] nationala directed the boycott during the National Grape strike. She has been involved in the fight since 1955. She has been arrested more than 20 times for leading nonviolent protests. Named one of the most important women of the 20th oftury, and has dozens really important awards, including the Eleanor Roosevelt award for human rights, which was bestowed on her by president clinton, and the president ial medal of freedom by president obama. [applause] her is miriam powell, a hasnalist, author who researched the united farm workers and cesar chavez. Her recent work won the Robert F Kennedy prize, and was a finalist for the National Critics circle. As a journalist, she has spent 25 years as an awardwinn
Stephen its get started for today then. This is our first class about reconstruction. I want to first go back and talk about the war. What the war had been fought for. The war from the unions point of view Abraham Lincolns point of view was a war of reunion. Over time the war becomes a war to stamp out slavery. The victories of union armies on the battlefield doesnt in itself resolve either one of those issues. That is what we are going to talk about we talk about reconstruction. Giving practical meaning to reunion. The Humpty Dumpty question, how do you put the union back together after civil war that has lasted for years . The cost may be 750,000 lives in total. How do you put the union back together . What i want to talk about today is the second of those two issues, the second aim of union policy. The goal of destroying slavery. What is that going to mean practically . What is freedom going to mean for 4 million former slaves in the United States . We talk in prior weeks about what
About the war. What the war had been fought for. The war from the unions point of view abraham lakins point of lincolns point of view was a war reunion. Over time the war becomes a war to stamp out slavery. The victories of union armies on the battlefield doesnt in itself resolve either one of those issues. That is what we are going to talk about we talk about reconstruction. Giving practical meaning to reunion. The Humpty Dumpty question have you put the union back together after civil war that has lasted for years . The cost may be 750,000 lives in total. Had he put the union back together . What i want to talk about today is the second of those two issues, the second aim of union policy. Destroying slavery. What is that going to mean practically . What is freedom going to mean for 4 million former slaves in the United States . We talk in prior weeks about what slavery was and we talked about in various aspects. It affected every aspect of american life, politics, culture, society. T