What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War

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What do you know about the Civil War? Everyone knows the familiar images: soldiers in Union blue versus troops in Confederate gray, the Emancipation Proclamation, the triumphant end of slavery. But theres something schools dont teach about the Civil War: it was also Americas greatest left-wing revolution. Professor Matt Karp explains. Join us, and make our work possible: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Institute Merch: https://gravelinstitute.org/merch Follow the Institute! Twitter: https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gravelinsti... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelInstitute CITATIONS: Matt Karp, The Mass Politics of Antislavery, Catalyst (Summer 2019): https://catalyst-journal.com/vol3/no2/the-mass-politics-of-antislavery Matt Karp, Antislavery Wasnt PopularUntil It Was, Jacobin, May 11, 2019: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/05/anti-slavery-abraham-lincoln-abolitionism Gillian Brockell, You know who was into Karl Marx? No, not AOC. Abraham Lincoln, The Washington Post, July 27, 2019: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/27/you-know-who-was-into-karl-marx-no-not-aoc-abraham-lincoln/ Karl Marx, Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, January 28, 1865: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/iwma/documents/1864/lincoln-letter.htm