
America at 250 Podcast Episode 4: Frederick Douglass, The Slave Power, and The Fourth of July
YaleCourses, 52 min, 7.1K views, Oct 21, 2025
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Professors Beverly Gage and Joanne Freeman ask Professor David Blight about his recent lectures covering early Republicans, The Slave Power conspiracy, and the slave narratives that affected them most. This podcast is also available on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-at-250-the-podcast/id1840422776 and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4C8qfQf21r4eO6mVUFguG2 To view all the videos in this course or view and download a copy of the course syllabus with required readings please scroll through the page at this link: https://president.yale.edu/committees-programs/devane-lectures/america-at-250-a-history