The Road to Fort Sumter

The series sets the scene for opening of hostilities. It looks at the make-up of America in the years leading up to the war and explores the various economic and cultural issues that made th... Read allThe series sets the scene for opening of hostilities. It looks at the make-up of America in the years leading up to the war and explores the various economic and cultural issues that made the conflict inevitable. The program investigates the institution of slavery and explains wh... Read allThe series sets the scene for opening of hostilities. It looks at the make-up of America in the years leading up to the war and explores the various economic and cultural issues that made the conflict inevitable. The program investigates the institution of slavery and explains what it meant to be a slave in the southern states.