After John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, the South was on edge. The Republican Party, in their eyes, was proof of the overwhelming presence of violent abolitionists in the North. The result was a North-South split in the Democrat Party, threats of secession if a Republican won, and a four-way presidential race.

Chris Calton gives a revisionist look at the antebellum period leading up to the Civil War. This is the 23rd episode in the second season of Historical Controversies.

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