{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Creating America","title":"Episode 28: Lincoln’s “House Divided” | The Speech That Warned America","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1503,"description":"In June 1858, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most consequential speeches of his political career: his famous “House Divided” speech.\nStanding before the Illinois Republican State Convention in Springfield, Lincoln warned that the United States could not remain permanently divided between free and slave states. He connected the growing crisis over slavery to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the political struggle with Stephen A. Douglas.\nLincoln’s argument was controversial—even among his own political allies. He would lose his Senate race against Douglas, but the speech helped establish Lincoln as a national political figure and foreshadowed the crisis that would soon engulf the country.\nIn this episode of the Creating America Podcast, Will Sarris provides a little historical context before reading Lincoln’s complete “House Divided” speech of June 16, 1858.\nHear Lincoln’s own words—and listen as he lays out his argument about slavery, the Constitution, Dred Scott, Stephen Douglas, and the future of the United States.\nHost & Narrator: Will Sarris\nFollow us on social media!\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586175179173\nThreads: https://www.threads.com/@creatingamericapod\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/creatingamericapod\n📩 Contact: CreatingAmericaPod@gmail.com\n💬 Support the show: patreon.com/williamsarris\n🌐 More about Will: williamsarris.net\n\nSubscribe for more readings from American history.\n#AbrahamLincoln #HouseDivided #AmericanHistory #CivilWar #DredScott","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/pRI2_ctAqlURX_7yVg9g9PpW5jumJPPNdMjBP63RAeI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNjI4/YTk4MjUxZmQ0MDQw/ZTAyMzVjZGE5NDMz/NzE4Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}