Allen guelzo welcome once again to civil war era studies 205, introduction to the American Civil War era. We are now in our third week in this course, and my, what ground we have covered thus far. We have more to cover because we are coming up to the 1850s now. We are talking about the crises of the 1850s that really begin with the compromise of 1850 that move into the kansasnebraska act of 1854, and we are going to see still more earthquakes occurring. But as we do this, we have a character that we have to meet who is going to play a central role in this entire course, and that is Abraham Lincoln. Now we touched very briefly in our last session by way of introduction of lincoln, and just to go through some of the details once again, Abraham Lincoln is born in 1809, born the 12th of february. His parents were thomas and nancy hanks lincoln, and lincoln himself is born in hodginville, kentucky in a log cabin, yes, quite literally. He doesnt stay in kentucky because in 1818, his parents
His class is about 50 minutes. Allen guelzo welcome once again to civil war era studies 205, introduction to the American Civil War era. We are now in our third week in this course and my what ground we have covered thus far. We have more to cover because we are coming up to the 1850s now. We are talking about the crises of the 1850s that really begin with the compromise of 1850 that moved into the kansasnebraska act of 1854, and we are going to see still more earthquakes occurring. But as we do this, we have a character that we have to meet who is going to play a central role in this entire course, and that is Abraham Lincoln. We touched very briefly in our last session by way of introduction of lincoln, and just to go through some of the details once again, Abraham Lincoln is born in 1809, born the 12th of february. His parents are thomas and nancy hanks lincoln, and lincoln himself is born in hodginsville, kentucky in a log cabin quite literally. In 1818, his parents uproot from ken
His class is about 50 minutes. Allen guelzo welcome once again to civil war era studies 205, introduction to the American Civil War era. We are now in our third week in this course and my what ground we have covered thus far. We have more to cover because we are coming up to the 1850s now. We are talking about the crises of the 1850s that really begin with the compromise of 1850 that moved into the kansasnebraska act of 1854, and we are going to see still more earthquakes occurring. But as we do this, we have a character that we have to meet who is going to play a central role in this entire course, and that is Abraham Lincoln. We touched very briefly in our last session by way of introduction of lincoln, and just to go through some of the details once again, Abraham Lincoln is born in 1809, born the 12th of february. His parents are thomas and nancy hanks lincoln, and lincoln himself is born in hodginsville, kentucky in a log cabin quite literally. In 1818, his parents uproot from ken
Than most people. Well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard, its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical Society has an Educational Outreach mission that includes these lectures. It includes Training Programs for teachers. It includes the publication of such publications as court watchers, eyewitness accounts in history which came out a few years ago, which is a general interest history of the court with firsthand anecdotes. My colleagues on the court and i appreciate the societys wide and varied and public understanding of the Supreme Court and our form of government. I could go on about other efforts that the Supreme Court has Historical Society has made in that regard, but you are here for a lecture on chief Justice Roger brooke taney. Tonights lecture is being delive
Until his death in 1864. Majoritydelivered the opinion in the dred scott case. Talks about him and how it was shaped in a changing Political Landscape reading up to the civil war. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this event. It is a little under one hour. [applause] thank you very much, mr. Goldman. Historians like me because every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time, which is what historians can tell us. I use historians more than most people and they like me more than most people. [laughter] well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard on its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical