Stanley Harrold, a Civil War historian at South Carolina State University, spoke at Vanderbilt University Jan. 27, 2011, on "Abolitionism and the Coming of the Civil War." Harrold has done extensive research on the complex dynamics leading to the Civil War. His most recent book, "Border War," was published November 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Harrold's talk is sponsored by the College of Arts and Science and is one of many programs on campus marking the sesquicentennial of the start of the U.S. Civil War.