S2 – 7: Preach the Word
11/13/19 • 45 min
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The news was grim. Across the south, slave states were withdrawing from the nation. In the north, some spiritualists saw their chance to take their winnings and withdraw from conflict. But others kept their printing presses running. In their pages, the spirits raised their voices to a military march, singing songs of freedom—and war.
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The news was grim. Across the south, slave states were withdrawing from the nation. In the north, some spiritualists saw their chance to take their winnings and withdraw from conflict. But others kept their printing presses running. In their pages, the spirits raised their voices to a military march, singing songs of freedom—and war.
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Unobscured - S2 – 7: Preach the Word
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Welcomed, unobscured a production of I Heart Radio and Aaron Minky.
Speaker 1There was a glow about her, at least that's what they say when there is a suitor on the horizon. Right in eighteen fifty seven, despite everything that had happened, Leah was on the cusp of marriage again. This time, though she was no teenage girl untried by the world. She was a professional woman, a genuine celebrity. In fact
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