Guest africanamerican communities involved gender as well as power, but beyond that, i dont know. Host well, professor hahn, what do going to the topic of the book, what do we know wrongly about slavery in the u. S. . Guest well, one of the issues that i try to deal with in the book is the process by which slavery ended, and the Geographical Reach of slavery. I think the view that tends to be handed down is by the 19th century, certainly, a country neatly divided between the socalled free states and the socalled slave state, and, of course, the civil war growing out of that conflict. My issue is not whether slaverys at the root of the civil war, which it certainly was, but what interested me was the relationship between the early emancipation of slaves in the northern states, and the later emancipation of slaves much larger in scale in the Southern States. Slavery was legal in all of the british colonies and all of north america at the end of the 18th century, and gradually, northern s
Meetings at conferences and still operate about three days a week. That sounds great. Individually write another book . Chip davis and fer marty makara the book is unaccountable and we appreciate you taking the time today. Good to be with you. That was after words of which nonfiction authors letter interviewed by legislators and others familiar with their material. After words airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p. M. On saturday, 12 p. M. And 9 p. M. On sunday and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words on line. Go to booktv. Org and click on after words in the book tv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. University of pennsylvania professor stephen hahn discusses his book the political world of slavery and freedom. Thats next on booktv. He argues historians have presented an incomplete picture of African American emancipation and struggle for civil rights that followed. Professor hahn was interviewed at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia a
Welcome back to the newsroom. Lets get a recap of our stories on france 24. Shot execution style. In the sinai peninsula, they ambushed two buses carrying off duty policemen, caring killing some of them. They ordered them to stop and get out before shooting them. And in another development in egypt, a court rules that Hosni Mubarak and could soon be released from jail within a matter of days. Just six weeks ago, his successor, mohamed morsi, was toppled i the egyptian military. A massive influx of refugees. More than 30,000 serious have crossed into the curtis dan region during the past few days alone. Observers say it is one of the largest movements of its kind or in the course of these 30month long conflict. At least 37 people have been killed in northeast india on monday after a train ran over a group of hindu pilgrims at a crowded station in the northeastern state. Angry and defiant, the u. S. Journalist whose brazilian partner was interrogated at Londons Heathrow airport on sunday
Over 200 are missing. A cease fire collapses more than 50 dead in the philippines as the is army moves against rebel fighters. I will have the day top sports stories including flow money may weather lives up to his name, at it looks like becoming the richest in boxing history. A deal is done. United states and russia have reached an agreement to destroy or remove syrias chemical weapons. After three days of talks switzerland, u. S. Secretary of state, and his counter part, Sergey Lavrov have agreed to a plan. It could be backed one a u. N. Resolution they aring force. If we can join together and make this a success, and eliminate syrias chemical weapons we would not only save lives but we would reduce the threat to the region and reenforce an international standard. We could allay the ground work for further cooperation that is essential to end the bloodshed that is consumed syria for more than two years. Russias foreign minister said that this was on the start of a long road, that the
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