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Peter Jones Trading Station

November 8, 2015PermalinkzanspaceA Petersburg Moment in TimeVirginia

In 1646, at the falls of the Appomattox River, the colony of Virginia established Fort Henry. This point was the limit of westward navigation on the river at the time, and the citadel was part of the security system set up to protect English settlers from attacks by Native Americans of the Powhatan tribal confederation.
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A House Divided: (55) – Fleeting Myth of Southern Unionism – I

March 31, 1985PermalinkSandy CreedToday's AMITAmerican History, American Politics, Breckenridge, Civil War, Florida, John Brown, kansas, Kansas Nebraska Act, Lincoln, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia

Lead: One hundred and fifty years ago the Republic was facing its greatest crisis. This continuing series examines the American Civil War. It is "A House Divided."

Intro: A Moment in Time with Dan Roberts.

Content: With the election of Abraham Lincoln, it seemed that the die was cast. The South would leave the United States and seek a future in a southern Confederacy. Yet, breaking the bonds of Union proved strangely difficult for many, particularly in the upper South. In early February 1861, several states met in Montgomery, Alabama to craft a new nation, but only seven slave states showed up, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Texas. Over the next several weeks it seemed possible to develop a strategy to keep the remaining seven from joining their fellow slave states in disunion.

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A House Divided: (54) – Election of 1860 – IV

March 31, 1985PermalinkSandy CreedToday's AMITAmerican History, American Politics, Civil War, Communication, Kansas Nebraska Act, Lincoln, Nebraska, Virginia

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