With us on the Independence Day weekend professor what is july 4th mean to you . [laughter] it means Frederick Douglassw. You could have the general celebration we have a different perspective from the africanamerican aameri community is a long history to understand the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and a lack of the observance on the other part and what does it mean to those who have a history of bondage of segregation and jim crow to you have to understand the sensitivity from one community to another. Obviously Start Talking about the history of this country and the roles of africanamericans to provide that celebration is a whole other question. The f we have been at the forefront of the battle of freedom for justice and liberty for erfurt fr update number one so in terms of the boston massacre since that moment across the years the matter what type of internet or turmoil or conflict order world war the people were involved didnt you find a contribution o
Nat turner, a troublesome property. It is my honor to introduce to you kenneth greenberg. [applause] mr. Greenberg well, its a great, great pleasure to be here. When i left boston this morning it was snowing. My plane had to be deiced, but i arrived in paradise. This is a lovely place. I have never been to the campus before, and you have absolutely gorgeous campus. The town is wonderful as well. My hosts have been extremely gracious, and my subject matter is about one of the most difficult subject in American History. There is controversy every step of the way and battles every step of the way in terms of all the people who have tried to natbout net turner turner. First, im going to sort of tell you about my own history with turner andut nat turner. About nat it covers a fair amount of territory. Then i want to just zero in on a few areas in more detail. Let me begin by describing a couple things. , when i was in graduate school, i first encountered nat turner because we had assigned i
Slaves to resist their masters. He also talks about the consequences of the rebellion or other slaves in the south. This event was part of the university of Mary Washingtons great lives lecture series. [applause] good evening. Im the associate director of great lives and i am pleased to service your host and emcee along with courtney over here helping this evening with q a. Im pleas to bring your attention tonight to our sponsor, the dovetail Cultural Resource group. Theme join me in thanking for their support. Tonights lecture is on net turner, a nat controversial and sometimes very difficult figure to deal with but we are in good hands tonight, i promise it. Kenneth greenberg is a distinguished professor of history at suffolk university. The author of masters and statesman, the political culture of american slavery. And are you ready for this one . Duels,nd slavery, lies, ases, masks, dressing as woman, gives, strangers, humanitarianism, death, slave rebellion, baseball, hunting and