[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":30},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-thin-light-of-freedom":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":14,"excerpt":20,"content":21,"transcript":22,"transcript_file":23,"audio":24,"resources":28,"segments":29},243,"thin-light-of-freedom","The Thin Light of Freedom","",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1510924805,"11.17.17","Nov 17, 2017","November 17, 2017",[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthin-light-of-freedom\u002FTheThinLightOfFreedom-campaign2.jpg","An image of Ed Ayers alongside an image of the cover of his latest book. \"The Think Light of Freedom.\"",{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthin-light-of-freedom\u002Fsquare_small\u002FTheThinLightOfFreedom-campaign2.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthin-light-of-freedom\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FTheThinLightOfFreedom-campaign2.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, Brian sits down with Ed to talk about a project of his that’s been twenty-five years in the making.","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian sits down with Ed to talk about a project of his that’s been twenty-five years in the making. We’re talking about Ed’s series on the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The first volume, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In The Presence of Mine Enemies \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">came out\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in 2003, and won the Bancroft Prize. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It opened with John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, and ended just before the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.  \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ed has just published the second volume in the series: \u003Cem>The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America\u003C\u002Fem>. He picks up the story in 1863, and continues through 1870 and the ratification of the 15th Amendment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Fthin-light-of-freedom\u002Ftranscript\u002FThin_Light_Freedom.pdf",{"url":25,"duration":26,"formatted_duration":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fthin-light-of-freedom.mp3","2729","00:45:29",[],[],1790963918296]