Episode 9: Eric Foner, The Second Founding

Send us a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner, as they discuss Foner's latest novel, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.Together,  they discuss this transformative era in American history, and how the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.  The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:The Second Founding 13th, 14th & 15th US Amendments History of the USAmerican Civil War Three-fifths Clause“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”Timeline of the Revolution Plantation States Slavery & SerfdomAbraham LincolnAbolitionismFugitive Slave ActsDebt LimitEmancipation ProclamationMarx & Engels on the Civil WarBirthright Citizenship InsurrectionFederalism JurisprudenceUS Electoral ProcessTexas House Passes Voting Bill The Dunning SchoolW.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction⭐️ Thank you for listening!➡️ Sign up for the newsletter: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Website: bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org 🎉 Don't forget to subscribe and share your favorite episode with your friends! 📣 Leave a rating and tell us what you thought about this episode!

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