A Conversation with Joanne Freeman: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

For the Ages: A History Podcast

For the Ages: A History Podcast
A Conversation with Joanne Freeman: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
Aug 23, 2021 Season 1 Episode 6
David M. Rubenstein / Joanne Freeman

Esteemed historian and Yale University professor Joanne B. Freeman illuminates the tensions and conflicts in U.S. Congress in the decades leading up to the Civil War, when legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats and physical altercations. Recorded January 7, 2021