Kevin Porteus
Lecturer presenting Lecture 7 of Constitution 101 on Secession and Civil War, providing historical and constitutional analysis of slavery, secession, and Lincoln's responses.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 38min
Constitution 101: Secession and Civil War
Kevin Porteus, a lecturer in Constitution 101, gives concise historical and constitutional analysis of slavery, secession, and Lincoln’s responses. He traces slavery’s political effects, Southern secession doctrines and grievances, Lincoln’s legal rejection of unilateral secession, and how Gettysburg and the second inaugural reframed the nation’s purpose.
