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Kentucky Civil War Dispatch - Slavery and Kentucky

By Berry Craig

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-984681.mp3

Paducah, KY – During this sesquicentennial year of the American Civil War, it's understandable that we consider the issues that brought the conflict on, and the issues that still linger. In this commentary, author and West Kentucky Community and Technical College history professor Berry Craig considers Kentucky's inconsistent relationship with one of the biggest: slavery.