Season 1 · Episode 69
Bullets for Ballots: 1860 (3 of 3)
The American Story · Christopher Flannery
November 2, 20207m 15s
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Show Notes
Until the election of 1860, the truths proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence had been the ground of American civic friendship, above all the central truth that all men are created equal. Fidelity to this most American idea held the country together through many divisions since 1776. The Confederate States rejected that idea. America had lost the foundation for civic peace. Ballots gave way to bullets.