On his undergraduate course on the topic of ordinary lives in the American Revolution. And his book, stolen five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their journey home, which tells the true story of five boys kidnapped in the north and sold into slavery in the deep south and that during attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, is being published by Simon Schuster in october. Thank you once again for joining us this evening, and without any further ado, please join me in welcoming dr. Rick bell. [applause] dr. Bell thanks to heather, thanks to cspan for covering this. Those of you who might have been to the Smithsonian Associates before and heard me give other programs wont be surprised to hear my strange accent, which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. I was raised in england yet find myself teaching about the American Revolution as part of my job, which let me tell you is a blessing and a curse, an undergraduate classroom to teach with an accent like this. Im very
Dr. Bell has presented many topics related to American History and early revolution period over the past of the last several years. He received phd from harvard and ba from university of cambridge in england. Hes associate professor history in maryland in college park where he specialize in american early history and cultural history and has been honored with more than half dozen teaching awards. The American Society of 18th century studies bestowed his award on topic of ordinary lives in the American Revolution. And his book stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery into their astonishing journey which tells the true story of five boys smuggled into slavery in the deep south and dairy escape to bring their captors to justice is being published by simon and schuster in october. Thank you once again for joining us, please join me in welcoming dr. Rick bell. [ applause ] all right, folks, thanks to heather. Thanks to cspan for covering this. Those who might have been here before and
That reduces the number of customers affected to a half million. And 22 counties including lake, marin, napa, sonoma and solano county. This morning cal fire crews battling the kincade fire are reporting they did not have to deal with the wind as strong as originally forecast in the high wind advisory has been canceled. Officials say that could lead to better than expected containment numbers this morning once they have a chance to analyze the work ground crews were able to do overnight. The last report shows the fire had burned nearly 119 square miles. It is 50 contained, Holding Steady there. 189 homes and businesses destroyed. Steve paulson is here with the latest on the weather and the wind and what youre watching. Im glad it didnt materialize. I did not think it would but you have to go with it because it was moving further to the east and it wasnt as tightly packed. This is when youre okay to be wrong. This looks like the last in a series so things are improving. We get colder te
Max harris. Many family members clearly upset by what happened. We spoke to family members of two victims who died and heres what they had to say. Its just disbelief, im in shock. I dont know what else to say. We were hoping for justice. We did not get justice. Personally, i feel that its because the city has so much to do with it, they couldnt just find these two people guilty. Imad, im just upset, my son and his girlfriend died, and its just in vain . Ive been here almost every day for over five months. For the jury to come back with this . Its just upsetting. There is no other word for me to say. Im just upset right now. The key question is will the Alameda County va retry Derick Almena or decide not to retry him. The key question here is that 10 jurors were in favor of guilty, two were in favor of acquittal. The key thing is whether or not the das office has the resources to do this again. I spoke with it chief assistant da and this is what he had to say. Since the beginning of thi
Innovative course award on the topic of ordinary lives in the American Revolution. And his book stolen, which tells the true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the north and smuggled into slavery in the deep south is being published in october. So thank you once again for joining us this evening. And without any further ado, please join me in welcoming dr. Rick bell. All right, folks, thanks to heather and cspan for covering this. Those of you might have heard me give other programs wont be surprised to hear my strange accept which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. I born and raised in england yet find myself teaching about American Revolution, which is a blessing and a curse in an under graduate classroom to teach with an accent like this. Im very proud where i grew up. I often carry in my back pocket on occasions like this a giant british flag, which i might drape around the scenery for cspan to drink in. But i was also naturalized as a u. S. Citizen a couple of year