[Podcast] The American Civil War: Abolitionists and Secessionists (Pt. 2) Image: Don Sniegowski, Flickr The second episode of our US comrades' Civil War miniseries takes a closer look at the Constitutional foundations of the crisis that led up to the war, the economics of slavery, the abolitionists, the political scene at the time, and provides a brief timeline of events leading up to secession and the war itself.Watch part one, part three and part four.