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Slavery, war and freedom

Slavery shaped the American Civil War, which pitted the Union against the Confederacy from 1861. These curations cover how slavery influenced the war and its aftermath, how enslaved people resisted and sought freedom, and how people experienced and recorded the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

How slavery shaped the american civil war

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, formed in 1861. How did slavery shape the war, and how can readers understand its effects on the conflict and its aftermath? The lessons trace slavery's influence through the war, emancipation, and Reconstruction.

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How slavery shaped resistance and freedom

The history of slavery is the history of people held in slavery across many cultures, tribes, nationalities, and religions, from ancient times to the present, with social, economic, and legal positions that differed across systems and places. What can we understand about slavery, resistance, and freedom by considering how these experiences and struggles shaped historical perspectives and ideas about democracy?

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How the Spanish Civil War was experienced and recorded

The Spanish Civil War was fought in Spain from 1936 to 1939 between Republicans and Nationalist rebels, after a coup against the Popular Front government partly failed. What can we understand about how people experienced the war and how its record was made? The lessons consider how conflict is lived, remembered, and documented.

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