Transnational perspectives on american slavery and the United States civil war. Brian gabrial. Brian . Well, listen, im so sorry that im not joining you, all of you there in augusta. I wish that i were there, of course, in person. I think we have a nice panel for you. Ill be first with my paper. The second american revolution. Canadian editors and the outbreak of the u. S. Civil war, followed by Matthew Arendt from Texas Christian University and simon vodrey from carlton up in canada. He will have probably a little bit more than what im saying to you in terms of timing. I will time myself. Hub is that okay or is someone timing me off . Brian . Time yourself. Okay. All right. All right. So i think we need to get started here so we can keep things on track. Right. I hope everyone can see this now. Very good. It is sometimes forgotten that the close bond the United States shares with canada is largely a 20th century manifestation. And the signing of the treaty of ghent that ended the war