Edward Ayers Interview: The Evolution of Abraham Lincoln's Thinking
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2022
- Historian Edward Ayers discusses Abraham Lincoln’s unlikely presidential election win, why the Deep South seceded, and the shared interest of the Union and the enslaved. Ayers describes the evolution of Lincoln’s thinking on Emancipation over the course of the American Civil War.
Edward Ayers is an American historian, professor, administrator, and university president. He received a BA in American studies from the University of Tennessee and a doctorate in American studies from Yale University. He taught at the University of Virginia from 1980-2007, where he taught history and was Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the university’s highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award, in 2006. The following year he was elected president of the University of Richmond, serving until 2015 when he became the Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities. He has been recognized with the National Humanities Medal and served as the president of the Organization of American Historians. Ayers is the author of six books on the history of nineteenth-century America including The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction (1992), which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Civil War in the Heart of America (2003) won the Bancroft Prize for distinguished writing in American history and the Beveridge Award for the best book in English on the history of the Americas since 1492. The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America, was awarded the Lincoln Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Avery O. Craven Award from the Organization of American Historians.
The Apple TV+ series "Lincoln's Dilemma," features insights from journalists, educators and scholars, as well as rare archival materials, that offer a more nuanced look into the life of the Great Emancipator. Set against the background of the Civil War, "Lincoln's Dilemma" also gives voice to the narratives of enslaved people, shaping a more complete view of an America divided over issues including economy, race and humanity, and underscoring Lincoln's battle to save the country, no matter the cost. The series is narrated by award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright ("Angels in America") and features the voices of actor Bill Camp ("The Night Of") as Lincoln and Leslie Odom Jr. ("Hamilton") as Frederick Douglas.
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Edward Ayers, Historian
Interview Date: December 02, 2020
Interviewed by: Jackie Olive and Barak Goodman
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Wonderfully relaxed, clear and insightful discussion by Prof. Ayres. We can read all the history books including his, and this still adds to our understanding.
Tragic America did not deserve Lincoln. And yet he was given to us in our most critical hour.
A superb historian who makes a masterful explanation of such a complicated set of competing agendas and goals.
I disagree, he goes through all these different reasons citizens of the confederacy "told themselves" to justify fighting the civil war and never once said _they just didn't like black people_ or _they were shitty, dumbass people_
This is completely fascinating. I’ve always known that Lincoln and my understanding of the Civil War were much more nuanced than my limited understanding, but this was such a clear articulation of the complexity of that time. Thank you.
Thank you Edward Ayers. We need more scholars of your character and people, citizens curious enough to discover you and your colleagues.
Epic
It's one area where I don't think home field is an advantage.
Andrew Johnson was only a small negative obstacle in the hand of the Congress. The true leader of the country was the Congress untill presidency of General Grant. An obstacle, but his effect was not catastrophic. What a pity we do not know Lincoln's future plans after the peace!
Excellent historical overviews about Lincoln! Lincoln was excellent politician and he followed the exact steps for save the USA. I learnt something new, Lincoln was Constitutian lawyer so he found the original Constitution did not say anything about the slavery, so he (+Congess and the states) could put into an article against the slavery. However the Constitution of Confederacy put article for the forever slavery, so the Lincoln's Constitution invention a mirror idea from the Constitution of the Confederacy. I could say EXCELLENT Mr Lincoln, as General Butlers's idea about the Contrabandation! ( Funny but the Constitution of the Confederacy contained the States had no right to secede! (When I learnt this I started laughing) Moreover the Habeas Corpus can be suspended in a state of war according to the Southern Confederacy's Constitution! Lincoln had this possibility (after Fort Sumter!) in the original Constitution!
A Southern historian speaks about Lincoln. Very interesting.
1:08:00 amazing how the Republicans of today sound like the Democrats of August 1864
Revolting
I may regret asking you this, but……..how do you mean?