Freedom Stories: African Americans and the Civil War

The Civil War did not begin as a war of emancipation. But as it unfolded, African Americans transformed it through two great social movements -- the Northern abolition movement, and the collective actions of the slaves themselves. Historians Stephen Kantrowitz and David Cecelski explore the achievements of these movements through the lives of the black activists who shaped them. Sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities