America 250: Lincoln and Equality ft. Lucas Morel

To inaugurate a special podcast series celebrating the American Founding’s 250th anniversary, host Spencer Klavan and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University Lucas Morel discuss Abraham Lincoln’s history-making interpretation of the Declaration of Independence. All men are created equal. Drawing on a tradition that went right back to the founding, but making it vitally urgent for a moment of crisis, Lincoln made equality the golden life-source of the nation from which all other things must proceed. Now, Americans must endeavor to keep that principle alive through future generations. Plus: Frederick Douglass’s comments on Lincoln and the criticisms he faced from radical abolitionists.

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Chapters
00:00 Introductions
03:20 Equality Understood by Lincoln
22:06 The Whig Way of History
29:24 Frederick Douglass on Lincoln and Slavery
35:48 America 250: Institutional Action Needed
39:58 Closing Remarks and Bonus

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