The Confederacy: Who Was Jefferson Davis?
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Who was Jefferson Davis and why is he significant?
For the last two decades, folks have been communicating by telegraph, but just three years ago, the first successful transatlantic cable was sent between Europe and North America. In medicine, ether and chloroform are now being used for patients under the knife, but germ theory is not yet widely accepted. Elijah Otis hat sein Brake-System für Elevatorien patentiert, um hohe Höhen zu machen, eine fähige Realität, während amerikanische Männer sehr starken Collars an ihren Schirmen verbinden und die am faszinierendsten Frauen in Hourglass-Dressen sind, die von Korsetten verabschiedet sind. All the rage. In der Mitte von allem ist Abraham Lincoln der neu inaugurierte Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten.
But another American president has been inaugurated as well. But this one, down in the seditious South, in blatant rebellion against the nation he once fought for and served. Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the seceded Confederate States of America. Who was this man? And how did he rise to power? How has this new American nation, the CSA, amputated itself from its former body politic to be ruled differently? But how differently will that really be? We have Professor Aaron Sheehan-Dean to explain it all today. He is the Fred C. Frey Professor of History and Department Chair at Louisiana State University. Go Tigers! has authored and edited so many publications, but particular to our conversation today, a companion to the U.S. Civil War, as well as the Civil War, the final year told by those who lived it. Guten Tag, Professor Shandeen. Schön, dich wiederzubekommen. Du warst auf einem vorherigen Podcast von uns, also lange her. Ich war es.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who was Jefferson Davis and why is he significant?
2:50–6:32
2
What was the process of Southern states' secession?
6:32–10:29
3
How did the Confederate Constitution differ from the U.S. Constitution?
10:29–14:11
4
What role did slavery play in the formation of the Confederacy?
14:11–20:52
5
What was Jefferson Davis's early life and career like?
20:52–22:21
6
How did Jefferson Davis's military and political career shape his role in the Confederacy?
22:21–1:01:01