Introduction

american scandal is the podcast from wandery that brings you the most notorious stories from the country past. This history extra podcast is sponsored by watergate. Tune in each week to hear about the crime, the cover up and the battle to reveal the president's lies. The end of slavery is generally hailed as a moment of triumph in our history. But according to the historian, professor crisman japre, a much more complex story emerges. He argues that ways in which slavery ended actually helped to perpetuate systems of oppression, rather than disrupt them.