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The Role of the Republican Party in Abolishing Slavery
24:11 - 30:45 (06:33)
The Republican Party was founded by Lincoln and focused on the idea of the economy of opportunity. This economy had to be open and free of slavery, most noticeably in new states being added to the union.
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This podcast discusses how Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party focused on creating an economy of opportunity that did not have slavery, which allowed for basic capitalism and free labor, while combating the disproportionate power of slaveholders in certain states which was encoded in several of the country's political institutions.
24:11 - 26:49 (02:37)
Summary
This podcast discusses how Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party focused on creating an economy of opportunity that did not have slavery, which allowed for basic capitalism and free labor, while combating the disproportionate power of slaveholders in certain states which was encoded in several of the country's political institutions.
ChapterThe Role of the Republican Party in Abolishing Slavery
Episode#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The Confederacy consisted of states south of the Mason-Dixon line, Texas, and Tennessee, with an agricultural economy and about 9 million people plus 4 million slaves.
26:49 - 27:42 (00:52)
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The Confederacy consisted of states south of the Mason-Dixon line, Texas, and Tennessee, with an agricultural economy and about 9 million people plus 4 million slaves. It had strong international economic ties as exporters of cotton and tobacco. The northern Union was basically all the states north of Virginia, had a more industrialized economy, and was not an exporter of these crops.
ChapterThe Role of the Republican Party in Abolishing Slavery
Episode#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The southern United States was dominated by a small number of landed families who owned slaves, while the northern portion of the country was made mostly of small business owners and larger financial interests such as banks in New York.
27:42 - 28:39 (00:56)
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The southern United States was dominated by a small number of landed families who owned slaves, while the northern portion of the country was made mostly of small business owners and larger financial interests such as banks in New York. The Union had a much larger population than the Confederacy but conscription was not in the Constitution.
ChapterThe Role of the Republican Party in Abolishing Slavery
Episode#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The Second Amendment's well-regulated militia presumption established that citizens have a duty to defend their communities instead of joining national armies.
28:39 - 30:45 (02:06)
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The Second Amendment's well-regulated militia presumption established that citizens have a duty to defend their communities instead of joining national armies. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln requested volunteers from the states and later passed the Conscription Acts of 1862 and 1863, which created new presidential powers.