As the United States emerged as a world power before the Civil War, the men who led the nation’s triumphant expansion were largely southern slaveholders. As presidents, cabinet officers, and diplomats, slaveholding elites controlled the main levers of foreign policy inside an increasingly powerful American state.
Everyone is welcome to discover with us as Matthew Karp, Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University, explores the global vision of southern leaders—from John C. Calhoun to Jefferson Davis—to make the United States the leading champion of slavery across the Atlantic World.
This lecture, open to the public, is sponsored by the Cornell Historical Society and will be held in McGraw Hall 165, at 4:30 pm, on Thursday, March 2. As it our first annual "Making History Accessible Lecture," we would love to see as many people come as possible to make this event a success and help us continue this lecture series in following years!
