AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
Lex Fridman Podcast
Writing History Gives Us More Stories
I'm a sucker for courage, for stories of courage. I've often seen too many people sort of in subtle ways sacrifice their integrity and did nothing. One set of heroes I learned about writing this book that I didn't know about are more than 100,000 former slaves who become union soldiers during the Civil War. It's an extraordinary story. We think of it as North versus South, white Northern troops versus white Southern troops. But there is something more to it than that. And I think that story should be inspiring to all of us because we all deal with difficulties, but none of us are starting from slavery.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode