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078 Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War
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The United States is in midst of a political and cultural divide.
The last time the United States faced this deep of a division, the nation descended into Civil War.
Can history help us solve our present-day political and cultural crisis?
Today, we investigate whether the past might help us with the present with Rachel Shelden, author of Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/078
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