James Oakes
14 Podcast Episodes
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1hr 15mins
