James Oakes

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James Oakes, Author of “The Crooked Path to Abolition”

James Oakes, Author of “The Crooked Path to Abolition”

Professor James Oakes is an award-winning historian of Abraham Lincoln, his presidency, and the issue of slavery in Amer... Read more

4 Dec 2023

1hr

687: Should We Amend the Constitution for the Environment?: A constitutional scholar (Michael Herz) and American abolition historian (James Oakes)

687: Should We Amend the Constitution for the Environment?: A constitutional scholar (Michael Herz) and American abolition historian (James Oakes)

See the video for this episode here.I speak about the concept of a constitutional amendment on the environment with form... Read more

28 May 2023

1hr 31mins

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667: James Oakes, part 1: Sustainability and Abolition in the United States

667: James Oakes, part 1: Sustainability and Abolition in the United States

The only was I can see how we can avoid environmental disaster leading to human population collapse is by changing our c... Read more

6 Feb 2023

1hr

Slavery and the Constitution: Sean Wilentz & James Oakes

Slavery and the Constitution: Sean Wilentz & James Oakes

This is the third installment in an occasional series that will focus on slavery, the Constitution, and the ongoing deba... Read more

12 Apr 2022

1hr 8mins

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Jacobin Show: The Left Case Against the 1619 Project w/ James Oakes

Jacobin Show: The Left Case Against the 1619 Project w/ James Oakes

Historian James Oakes explains how the 1619 Project misconstrues the relationship between slavery and capitalism and wha... Read more

1 Oct 2021

1hr 30mins

124 Abraham Lincoln and the Anti-Slavery Constitution with James Oakes

124 Abraham Lincoln and the Anti-Slavery Constitution with James Oakes

The long and turning path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and incons... Read more

19 Mar 2021

44mins

243 James Oakes; Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution

243 James Oakes; Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution

https://www.alainguillot.com/james-oakes/ James Oakes is a history professor. His latest book is The Crooked Path to Abo... Read more

27 Feb 2021

22mins

James Oakes on Abolitionism

James Oakes on Abolitionism

Historian James Oakes discusses his latest book, The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Cons... Read more

17 Feb 2021

34mins

James Oakes | The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution

James Oakes | The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution

In conversation with Eric Foner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery ... Read more

3 Feb 2021

1hr 7mins

Season 6, Episode 11: James Oakes

Season 6, Episode 11: James Oakes

James Oakes is a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize for Civil War studies. As he tells Colin, he initially went to col... Read more

28 Jan 2021

1hr 15mins

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