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Influenza: Chapter 1

Watch chapter 1 of Influenza
Constructing New York's First Subway

At least 7,700 men would be needed to build the Interborough Rapid Transit, or IRT.
Lincoln Announces Freedom

In 1862, Lincoln promises to sign an Emancipation Proclamation on New Year's Day.
The Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into effect January 1, 1863.
The Pottawatomie Massacre

In 1856 Brown and four of his sons hacked five pro-slavery men to pieces with broadswords.
Garrison Burns the Constitution

William Lloyd Garrison believes the Republic was corrupt and burns the constitution.
John Brown Gathers His Arsenal

John Brown put little stock in peaceful abolition. In 1855 he left New York for Kansas.
The Civil War Begins

American Civil War reunited abolitionists who had grown apart in recent years.
Attack at Harpers Ferry

John Brown seizes a federal armory at Harpers Ferry, VA, but fails to incite revolution.
Brown Dominates His Trial

After Harper's Ferry, Brown goes on trial where he dominates the proceedings and the press

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