The Anti-Slavery Candidate
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2022 (58 min)
As Lincoln prepares to take office, the debate over slavery pushes the country toward a civil war.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2022 (58 min)
As Lincoln prepares to take office, the debate over slavery pushes the country toward a civil war.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2022 (54 min)
Thousands of enslaved people flee north and join Union forces, tipping the scales of military power. Lincoln strategizes the path to reunification.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2022 (52 min)
Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, but Black Americans like Frederick Douglass know it's a far cry from abolition.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2022 (57 min)
Lincoln wins reelection. In the aftermath of the war, he commits himself to abolishing slavery and passes the 13th Amendment.