Kentucky's Civil War Part 2: Slavery in the Commonwealth

Published: March 18, 2011, 4 a.m.

Over the course of this 150th Anniversary year of the American Civil War, we're bringing you a series of in-depth stories about the war in our region, its causes and its effects. Today, we take a closer look at how Kentucky dealt with one of the Civil War's central issues: slavery. We'll also hear from the slaves themselves, with re-enactors giving voice to the accounts of those experienced slavery in western Kentucky first-hand.