Sanctuary cities in United States are not new, in fact it can be argued that they existed during the era of slavery. Today we will be in conversation with historian Andrew Delbanco, author of the book The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War. He calls undocumented immigrants today, the fugitives slaves of the past.
Guest: Andrew Delbanco is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. Author of many notable books, including College, Melville, The Death of Satan, Required Reading, The Real American Dream, and The Puritan Ordeal, he was recently appointed president of the Teagle Foundation, which supports liberal education for college students of all backgrounds