Ago and we were able to see him take some of the things and develop it and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. He teaches at the university of miss and we are fortunate to have him come all the way up here from d. C. I want to thank the other people who made this a truly National Event with a scope that goes beyond this area code. We have a visitor from california and another wonderful. Riend from new york city for some reason, im forgetting your name john. Harvardesents the conservative conservancy. A real destination in Lower Manhattan for a study of the early congresses. Welcome to everybody, whether you came from near or far. [applause] paul thank you for that introduction. I would like to thank the u. S. Capital Historical Society were inviting me here today for top my talk today entitled congres first debate on slavery and race is going to attempt to demonstrate the central ways this First National congressional debate set the tone for these
With slavery and the definition of a citizen set the tone for race in america for the next seven decades. The u. S. Capitol society posted hosted this event. Its about one hour. Today, we are going to start with paul polgar, who is a longtime colleague of mine. He started interning with the First Federal congress project a long time ago. He is not sensitive about his age. He is too young to be that. What it seems like it was a long time ago and we were able to see him take some of the things and develop it and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. A well grounded hope. He teaches at the university of mississippi. We are fortunate to have him coming all the way up here to th d. C. I want to thank the other people who made this a truly National Event with a scope that goes beyond this area code. We have a visitor from california, a good friend of ours, and another wonderful friend from new york city. For some reason, im forgetting your name. I am sorry
As i said earlier, i know my lane. Cam knows his lane. His lane, Doug Williams lane, the fact is his coaches are comfortable with him, his teammates are comfortable with him. Looks we are we are out of time. This was a great conversation, went by fast. Congratulations on it. I enjoyed reading to it and talking to you. I hope that people will go buy it and gains and wisdoms from my experience. Thank you. Cspan where history unfolds daily, in 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television company and is brought to you today by satellite and provider. And we wrap up book tv with representative dave, he remembers victory over House Majority leader eric canter and interviewed on after words program. Dave, its greats to to be with you. Thanks for showing it to the cameras. [laughter] i have written a book myself. Very nice. Im eager to talk about this because i enjoyed the read. You can tell i have pages. A plus. As you know i worked in the house of representatives a
As i said earlier, i know my lane. Cam knows his lane. His lane, Doug Williams lane, the fact is his coaches are comfortable with him, his teammates are comfortable with him. Looks we are we are out of time. This was a great conversation, went by fast. Congratulations on it. I enjoyed reading to it and talking to you. I hope that people will go buy it and gains and wisdoms from my experience. Thank you. Cspan where history unfolds daily, in 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television company and is brought to you today by satellite and provider. And we wrap up book tv with representative dave, he remembers victory over House Majority leader eric canter and interviewed on after words program. Dave, its greats to to be with you. Thanks for showing it to the cameras. [laughter] i have written a book myself. Very nice. Im eager to talk about this because i enjoyed the read. You can tell i have pages. A plus. As you know i worked in the house of representatives a