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listen to the CBC podcasts and radio interviews:
THE SECRET LIFE OF CANADA
CBC Podcast, July 18, 2024
Was the plot to assassinate Lincoln hatched in Canada? Canada was a haven for many members of the Confederate elite during the American Civil War.
Why did John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, spend so much time in Montreal? We learn about how Canada was both the last stop on the Underground Railroad and the destination for Southern Confederate leaders and supporters to strategize, stash money and come up with plots against Abraham Lincoln. With special guests Dr. Afua Cooper and Julian Sher.
CBC RADIO IDEAS - September 12, 2023
Listen to my one-hour interview with host Nahlah Ayed.
From the CBC Ideas web page:
When investigative journalist Julian Sher was studying Canadian history at McGill University in Montreal, he found a plaque at the Hudson Bay flagship building that surprised him. The plaque honoured Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, when nearly 4 million people were enslaved.
"I remember thinking two things. Why is there a plaque to the leader of the slave South in my city? And what's it still doing here?" Sher told IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed as they toured Montreal streets together.
OTHER RADIO INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS:
Calgary Q107 Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge April 25, 2023
CJAD Montreal with Andrew Carter, April 27, 2023
CBC Montreal “Let’s Go” April 27, 2023
A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara Byrne, April 28, 2023
The Stuph File - Feature Interview, May 1, 2023
The John Gormley Show, CKOM Saskatchewan, May 4, 2023
The Tattooed Historian, July 7, 2023
David Mann Podcast, July 12, 2023
watch the tv interviews and youtube speeches:
Interview with Mike Cohen
Cote Saint-Luc Library, May 1, 2023Speech to the Surratt Society,
Maryland April 22, 2023. (One hour video on YouTube)Canada’s little-known role in the Civil War
CTV Montreal, May 6, 2023Who Were Canada’s Civil War Collaborators?
TVO “The Agenda” May 10
WATCH AND DOWNLOAD THE SLIDESHOWS
DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THE SLIDESHOW
An adaptation of presentations given in Montreal, Toronto
Washington, New York, and many other locations.
You can download a PDF version of the slideshow ….
or watch the presentation with audio and Q and A
by clicking on the various links below.
Watch my talk at the Atwater Library
Montreal, May, 2023
An hour-long presentation of my slideshow with a Question and Answer period from the audience.
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Watch my talk on YouTube with Daniel R. Weinberg of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. From their web page:
”North Star is a riveting account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the unexpected ways Canadians were involved in every aspect of the American Civil War.
A speech at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
October 30, 2023
Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Lecture:
The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln
February 7, 2024
Five Other Great Books on Canada and the Civil War
listed on Shepherd.com