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The Anti-Slavery Candidate

Episode number: 1

Overview: As Lincoln prepares to take office, the debate over slavery pushes the country toward a civil war.

So You See, the Man Moves

Episode number: 2

Overview: Thousands of enslaved people flee north and join Union forces, tipping the scales of military power. Lincoln strategizes the path to reunification.

A New Birth of Freedom

Episode number: 3

Overview: Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, but Black Americans like Frederick Douglass know it's a far cry from abolition.

A Sacred Effort

Episode number: 4

Overview: Lincoln wins reelection. In the aftermath of the war, he commits himself to abolishing slavery and passes the 13th Amendment.