Who Was Abraham Lincoln? | Jeffrey Rogers Hummel | POLITICS | Rubin Report

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Jeffrey Rogers Hummel (professor & author) about Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the U.S. from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. They discuss Lincoln’s life and presidency, from the Civil War, to slavery, to his assassination. It’s President’s Week on The Rubin Report! We’ve partnered with Learn Liberty to bring you 5 shows in 5 days covering 5 different U.S. presidents

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Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Author: Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men

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[stevenreid]

I was a student of Dr. Hummel while studying economics at San Jose State. Despite the thorough depth of knowledge of his personal character and academic acumen that all of these YouTube fruit cakes claim to possess (because they've all met him and attended his university classes, right?), he is in fact one of the most well-read, intelligible, and inspiring professors and individuals I've ever had the honor of knowing and learning from. These are some of his mannerisms, sure, but does that really matter? Besides, in a limited forum such as this interview and digression on Lincoln, anybody would be pressured to conjure what they felt was digestible, and followed the direction of the interviewer. And, of course, the mutual level of preparedness prior to the interview makes the biggest impact. To be clear on the subject he originally speaks to, the book he wrote was on the Civil War and Lincoln's role. Hummel's Ph.D dissertation was on slavery. So unfortunately no, that doesn't define him as a person herr referencing a moment-by-moment biography of Lincoln "the man" many commenters seem to be confused by the lack thereof. Don't let a one-off and limited interview fool you, the man knows what the hell he's talking about.

[coreyp]

You should do one of these on Washington. His life was a nail-biter from beginning to end, plus he was basically a living super hero.

[TheDominionOfElites]

This guy didn’t know much about the early days and youth but when you get past that he’s great

[friedpistachios]

I find myself disagreeing often with Dave, yet for whatever reason I respect the man 100% and consider myself a fan.

Civil conversation with bias held in check - or at least attempted to - who would have thought?

Thank you for giving us proper discussion.

[jessekaasa]

What many people don't realize about the Civil War is that it was a fight over national and international trade dominance of the North American continent. Preserving the union, slavery, states rights, western expansion, and the tariffs all fit under that encompassing issue. Lincoln knew it was necessary to preserve the union in order to not have an economic rival on the same continent. Both sides wanted coast to coast trade dominance.

[zachzach]

You should get an NRA spokesman that actually knows about gun legislation.

[dave]

Dave, you have the best show in media right now. With the best set ever. The Gold Standard is 'The Rubin Report'.

[ninamartin]

Thank you for the fantastic series, Dave. I didn’t learn as much as I would have liked about Lincoln, but I love that you did this series. You provide great content, Dave. Thank you, Rubin Report!

[hobermallow]

I’m a big fan of Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. Thank you for featuring him. He always has thought provoking opinions that break from the norm but they are so well explained.

[ZamboinElite]

I'd say he is more an expert on the timeline and not the man. This gave a decent outline of the war and events leading up to it. No insight about his relationship with his wife, hobbies, or his thoughts on the purpose of government. Nothing about jailing the papers, nothing about his opinions on past presidents or the founders. It's worth a watch and not the weakest in the series, but it was still a bit of a let down.

[felipeegoavil]

I feel he is more of a Civil War historian rather than a Lincoln historian. Which explain why Rubin's leading questions Lincoln made him uncomfortable but anything dealing with civil war politics in general made him enthusiastic. On another note, I feel that this interview felt at odds, because Dave believes deeply in the union and personal free will, both of which are protected in extension by Lincoln, while Jeffrey believes that we could have lived with the states being seceded and the notion that states (the northern states) that wanted to remain slave free can stick together.

[kennethslayor]

He almost mentions the banking issue, but not specifically. There was also a problem in that Lincoln was pushing for a return to a centralized national bank, which the South utterly opposed in the era of States Rights Banking. That also was a contributing issue to secession.

[TheTykus]

This guy (Mr. Jeffery) reminds me of my memory and also communication skills. Holds ideas well in his(mine) head, but struggle to articulate, or even remember the details to articulate. At the same time, you understand/comprehend///feel what you want to say, and its so hard to do. I think I'm worse off, so its like a future vision. Ultimately lets me see the power of communication to others, which is so powerful. /sigh

[LastMinuteGuess]

Although the comments section is filled with both anti lincolners and anti-people-who-are-anti-lincolners, let's all remember that civil discussion is a thing. I have had pretty amazingly productive, thought provoking, and compelling discussions on this same subject with other people; let's not get too crazy.

[peterroberts]

This interview seems to be less about Lincoln and more about mid 1800s US political history

[NexusBreeze]

Dave, looking stylish as always, thank you so much for this series, absolutely fascinating! Hi from Finland!

[claytonimor]

He doesn't appear to have mentioned this, so I'll put it here: Tennessee avoided a military occupation by adopting the 13th amendment rapidly.

[StrategicWealthLLC]

You can’t always bat 1, 000, Dave. We’re still with you.

[loud]

Loved this Dave. You have educated me again. Great podcast!

[brucec]

See Thomas Di Lorenzo's "The Real Lincoln" for a realistic view on Lincoln, the politician.