funding it author alan taylor delves into the war of 1812 and how it was seen as a civil war. a relatively forgot more, the war of 1812 is considered to be a continuing statement of republic versus an empire carried over from the american revolution. taylor focuses on the overlap of american and british forces and how the border impacted personal experiences. it is about 50 minutes. >> i am doing something reckless today. i am coming into the heart of virginia and talking about the civil war. it is a different civil war. it is jarring to hear the war of 1812: civil war. for what make the case i've titled it the way that i have. now, the war of 1812 ordinarily looms fairly small in american's memory. it's ordinarily forgotten as insignificant because it seemed to have ended in a draw that changed no boundaries or changed no policy. now, at best americans will recall the war for a handful of patriotic icons, the national anthem, the victories of the american warship, the constitution known as old iron sides. for the british party and burning the white house and then for the pay

alan taylor has used it on his recent book about virginia and the war of 1812. they were talking about the enemies within. they were fearful of a major slave rebellion. in the north american colonies there were very few actual rebellions throughout the history of slavery. in the islands, a place like jamaica in the second half of the 18th century was having a slave rebellion at least every decade and in the 1760's, it was almost annual. these were in some cases rebellions which were planned to be island-wide and the results of this, the fear of slave rebellions, and on two islands there were still people who were essentially an inter-mixture of the original natives of the caribbean and runaway slaves. they too were regarded as an enemy within. the planters, the whites on these islands were a very small minority. barbados had the highest proportion of whites anywhere. that was still far less than anywhere here in north america. south carolina was perhaps the most comparable of all the british colonies in north america. south carolina still had a 50% white populat

funding it author alan taylor delves into the war of 1812 and how it was seen as a civil war. a relatively forgot more, the war of 1812 is considered to be a continuing statement of republic versus an empire carried over from the american revolution. taylor focuses on the overlap of american and british forces and how the border impacted personal experiences. it is about 50 minutes. >> i am doing something reckless today. i am coming into the heart of virginia and talking about the civil war. it is a er