WHY THEY FOUGHT: 
Reflections on the 150^th Anniversary of the
American Civil War

April 9 - 12, 2011

Friday Evening, April 8, 2011

Charleston on the Eve of War

Speakers:       
Bernie Powers, College of Charleston.
(Second speaker yet to be determined. Possibly Barbara Bellows  (Middlebury College or Walter Edgar, University of South Carolina.


Saturday Morning, April 9, 2011

Sectional Divisions: Slavery and the Political Economy

Speakers:       
Barbara Jeanne Fields, Columbia University.
Gavin Wright, Stanford University.

 

Saturday Afternoon, April 9, 2011

Sectional Divisions: Ethics and Behavior

Speakers:
Stephen Berry, University of Georgia
(second speaker yet to be determined. Possibly Catherine Clinton or Nina Silber)
 

Sunday Afternoon April 10, 2011

The Importance of Fort Sumter
Speakers:       
Jim McPherson, Princeton University.
Vernon Burton, Coastal Carolina University

Monday Evening, April 11, 2011

And the War Came
Speakers:       Edward L.  Ayers, University of Richmond.
Emory Thomas , University of Georgia.

Tuesday Morning, April 12, 2011

Reflections on the Sesquicentennial

Possible Speaker:President of U.S.
Alternate Speakers:    Rep Clyburn, Sen Graham,

Tuesday Afternoon, April 12, 2011

What Was the Central Cause of the War?

Roundtable Discussion:
Three of the Historians Who Spoke Over the Weekend

Q&A:
 Audience

Sponsored by the Low Country Sesquicentennial Coordinating Committee
of  by the Fort Sumter/Fort Moultrie Trust

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