Professor dirck argues that prior to his presidency lincoln was very much a typical american. he also spoke about lincolns interactions with both slaves and White Supremacists and how attitudes changed during the era. This class is about an hour. We are dealing with the american slave system in roughly 40 years time, called the antebellum period, leading up to the civil war. This is when american slavery is in its heyday. This is when more americans are making more money off the forced labor of africanamericans than they ever have before. And economist who studies this, the amount of wealth from cotton exceeds every other investment in america. Hans of money has been made off the cotton empire. And we see how americans have gotten into the cotton empire with the invention of the cotton gin, americas transition from agriculture to cotton agriculture. If there is one thing i want you guys to get out of this class slavery is not just a southern history topic. It is an American History top