{"id":991,"date":"2012-09-05T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T19:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-gilder\/?page_id=991"},"modified":"2021-09-18T18:24:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T18:24:19","slug":"part-1-coming-of-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/course-syllabus-2\/part-1-coming-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 1: Coming of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dred and Harriet Scott Collection<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Image Gateway &#8211;The Scott Family<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1521\" style=\"width: 2550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1521\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1521\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized.png\" alt=\"Scott Family\" width=\"2540\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized.png 2540w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized-1536x681.png 1536w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2021\/01\/Scott-Family-Colorized-2048x908.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2540px) 100vw, 2540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harriet Scott, Eliza Scott, Lizzie Scott, and Dred Scott (family portrait adapted from Frank Leslie&#8217;s Illustrated Newspaper by Amanda DeLorenzo and colorized by Cooper Wingert, &#8217;20 \/\/ Courtesy of House Divided Project)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Video Gateway &#8211;Teaching a Family Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86DD4VU05yw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Video-Transcript-Harriet-and-Dred-Scott.pdf\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0for a transcript of this video<\/p>\n<p>Behind the Image Gateway &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Dred-Scotts-Family1.pdf\">Dred Scott&#8217;s Family<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Pamphlet:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/08\/Pinsker-Pamphlet-Dred-Scott-2008.pdf\"> Citizen or Slave:\u00a0 The Dred Scott Decision, 1857<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Exhibit &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/exhibit\/SgKyzZUJr6g0JA\">Dred Scott Decision and Its Bitter Legacy (Google Arts)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Handout&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Handout-Slavery-Through-Dred-Scott.pdf\">Slavery Through Dred Scott<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Image Gateways<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1450\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Johnson-1859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1450\" class=\"wp-image-1450 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Johnson-1859-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"Johnson 1859\" width=\"550\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Johnson-1859-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Johnson-1859-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Johnson-1859.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of New York Historical Society<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhistory.org\/exhibit\/negro-life-south-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concise background on this painting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeart.org\/pdf\/artbulletin\/Art%20Bulletin%20Vol%2080%20No%201%20Davis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholarly article about this painting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/exhibitions\/archive\/2012\/art_civil_war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Painting within Smithsonian Civil War Art exhibit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1441\" style=\"width: 743px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-image-1441 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image.jpg\" alt=\"VanderVelde Freedom Suit Image\" width=\"733\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image.jpg 733w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Lea VanderVelde<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vandervelde.studio.uiowa.edu\/redemption-songs-suing-freedom-dred-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/06\/29\/exploring-missouris-amazing-freedom-suits\/11652055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newspaper article about this image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.wustl.edu\/legalencodingproject\/index.html\">Primary source collection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Part 1: Coming of War<\/h2>\n<p>The objective in Part 1 is to help classroom teachers find new and better ways to humanize the coming of war narrative.\u00a0 The conflict over slavery may well have been &#8220;irrepressible,&#8221; but nobody should teach this dramatic subject in ways that drain the dramatic elements of human choice out of the equation or make the Civil War seem inevitable.\u00a0 Moreover, by rendering complicating constitutional subjects such as the Dred Scott Case or the fugitive slave law in more human terms, teachers can actually help students find deeper insights into the underlying causes of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Featured Document &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Handout-John-Brown-at-Court.pdf\">John Brown at Court (1859)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Handout&#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Handout-UGRR-Timeline.pdf\">Fugitive Crisis Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further Reading: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/2015\/02\/26\/underground-railroad-and-coming-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UGRR and Coming of War <\/a>\/\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/9603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harpers Ferry Raid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Student Video: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lM1o6JeEB8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Old Carlisle Courthouse<\/a>\u00a0(10 mins.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slavery: \u00a0Interpretive Trends and Special Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Debating Slavery &amp; Constitution: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/18\/arguing-over-slavery-in-the-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/21\/the-argument-expands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/21\/wilentz-responds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/11\/05\/kugler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/underground-railroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Underground Railroad Web Guide\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/emancipation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emancipation Digital Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/tag\/slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lincoln on Slavery<\/a>\u00a0with <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/emancipation\/document-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">selected excerpts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Debating the New Scholarship on Slavery\n<ul>\n<li>Review of Edward Baptist&#8217;s slavery book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/books\/21615864-how-slaves-built-american-capitalism-blood-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withdrawn<\/a> (The Economist)<\/li>\n<li>Edward Baptist on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/09\/economist-review-slavery-110687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Half Has Never Been Told<\/a><\/em> (Politico)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Downs on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jim-downs\/big-wheel-keep-on-turnin-_b_5783514.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slavery and capitalism debate<\/a>\u00a0(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Cutterham <a href=\"https:\/\/earlyamericanists.com\/2015\/10\/27\/continuing-the-debate-on-slavery-and-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">updates the slavery and capitalism debate<\/a> (The Junto)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dred and Harriet Scott Collection Image Gateway &#8211;The Scott Family Video Gateway &#8211;Teaching a Family Story Click HERE\u00a0for a transcript of this video Behind the Image Gateway &#8212;Dred Scott&#8217;s Family Featured Pamphlet:\u00a0 Citizen or Slave:\u00a0 The Dred Scott Decision, 1857 Featured Exhibit &#8212;Dred Scott Decision and Its Bitter Legacy (Google Arts) Handout&#8211; 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