Cecily zander and ive got a little bio here and it says important official things about her that ill share. But she came to me because Gary Gallagher recommended her. Now, i dont know about you, but gary is a credible civil war source to me. You know, he generally knows what hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civ
Her that ill share. But she came to me because Gary Gallagher recommended her. Now, i dont know about you, but gary is a credible civil war source to me. You know, he generally knows what hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civil wars news chief historian. And so its really kind of exciting for me to be able to br
Cecily zander and ive got a little bio here and it says important official things about her that ill share. But she came to me because Gary Gallagher recommended her. Now, i dont know about you, but gary is a credible civil war source to me. You know, he generally knows what hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civ
Discussing fugitive slaves and the coming of the civil war at the end of presentation. The speaker will take questions from the floor. We have two roving microphones. If you have a question or indeed a comment, please raise your hand and the microphone will find you. So further ado, please welcome me. Help. Welcome dr. Blackett to the podium. Dr. Richard blackett. Thank you. Okay. Good to see so many people gathered in the morning on a saturday morning, of all things. Uh, makes reminds me of my. 9 00 class as an undergraduate when people were forced to be. Huh. Okay. I wish to use to fuze fugitive slave incidences as to our discussion today. The first involve the failed attempt to escape on the pearl from washington, d. C. In april 1848. The second the successful freeing of Daniel Webster otherwise known as daniel danger. Freed from philadelphia in april, 1859. They provide a useful symmetry. The on the eve of the discussion about the need for a more stringent fugitive slave law, the a
Blackett, andrew jackson, professor of history emeritus at, vanderbilt university, discussing fugitive slaves and the coming of the civil war at the end of presentation. The speaker will take questions from the floor. We have two roving microphones. If you have a question or indeed a comment, please raise your hand and the microphone will find you. So further ado, please welcome me. Help. Welcome dr. Blackett to the podium. Dr. Richard blackett. Thank you. Okay. Good to see so many people gathered in the morning on a saturday morning, of all things. Uh, makes reminds me of my. 9 00 class as an undergraduate when people were forced to be. Huh. Okay. I wish to use to fuze fugitive slave incidences as to our discussion today. The first involve the failed attempt to escape on the pearl from washington, d. C. In april 1848. The second the successful freeing of Daniel Webster otherwise known as daniel danger. Freed from philadelphia in april, 1859. They provide a useful symmetry. The on the