Professor dirck argues that prior to his presidency lincoln was very much a typical american. he also spoke about lincolns interactions with both slaves and White Supremacists and how attitudes changed during the era. This class is about an hour. We are dealing with the american slave system in roughly 40 years time, called the antebellum period, leading up to the civil war. This is when american slavery is in its heyday. This is when more americans are making more money off the forced labor of africanamericans than they ever have before. And economist who studies this, the amount of wealth from cotton exceeds every other investment in america. Hans of money has been made off the cotton empire. And we see how americans have gotten into the cotton empire with the invention of the cotton gin, americas transition from agriculture to cotton agriculture. If there is one thing i want you guys to get out of this class slavery is not just a southern history topic. It is an American History top
Its a little over an hour. [applause] the thank you very much. A wonderful crowd. Thank you to regnery books, a real asset to our community here. With all these programs. I am glad to see my kids in the audience, who asked me to mention their names. Henry, alice, abby, claire and my wife karen is here and my mother doris and many friends but also the basis as well. Thank you all for coming out. I appreciate your time and interest. In rise to greatness i tell the story of the most eventful and perilous time in american history, 1862. As much as possible i tell it through the eyes of the man who guided the nation through the fire, Abraham Lincoln. I dont want to spoil the book for you, so let me just say that the year began with the American Republic in grave danger. The union army was struggling to regrow virtually overnight from a few thousand men scattered across the continent, to more than half a billion. The inexperienced officers, the command of these were all volunteers was stymie
As they move into the middle class, they adopt middleclass values and he is really upset. In the late 1950s you see them writing in his journal more and more inviting letters saying community, the way this is going, this is just not going in the direction that i want. He really believed that it was important to empower people and for them to not have a sense of dignity and to not live in poverty and to be comfortable but not to forget where they came from and to help people who are still living in poverty and to help the cause. And that is a lot of the reason why he leaves the cso and starts out on his own to organize farmworkers, but a think that really strong feeling that ive empowered of these people and now theyre using that power becomes very significant later on when you tried to understand some of the decisions that he made and the degree to which he wanted to maintain control because he never wanted to be in that situation again. He talks about that quite a lot. So later on, th
250 years. That undeniable greatness was driven by personality, character and capacity but largely by circumstance. And the circumstance was nation crumbling crises. Which is why i argue in the book quite provocatively is you dont want another great president because if you have one rose you have another great crises. Exactly. Rose we conclude this evening with Russell James, a photographer. Beauty has changed, ive developed it, i lived life spending time in haiti and taking portraits of people down there. I say it with complete honesty but when im photographing a person albeit an elder member of the tribe theres a beauty about the photograph. Its the strangest thing but its so careful and engaging when youre in it. I get lost in that money. Rose Michael Lewis, Aaron David Miller and Russell James when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding made possible by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services
250 years. That undeniable greatness was driven by personality, character and capacity but largely by circumstance. And the circumstance was nation crumbling crises. Which is why i argue in the book quite provocatively is you dont want another great president because if you have one rose you have another great crises. Exactly. Rose we conclude this evening with Russell James, a photographer. Beauty has changed, ive developed it, i lived life spending time in haiti and taking portraits of people down there. I say it with complete honesty but when im photographing a person albeit an elder member of the tribe theres a beauty about the photograph. Its the strangest thing but its so careful and engaging when youre in it. I get lost in that money. Rose Michael Lewis, Aaron David Miller and Russell James when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding made possible by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services