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Pbs: Africans in America: Slavery and the Origins of the Civil War

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An article by Columbia University historian Eric Foner that discusses how long-standing views of the role of slavery in America began to be challenged during the civil rights era of the 1960s by a new generation of historians, whose work clearly establishes the central role slavery played in causing the Civil War.

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slave culture
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pbs, religion among slaves, slavery system, american slavery, southern economy
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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