Understanding of our past egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. Jones rogers uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, sales records Court Documents and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of colombian 1862. Hey among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property has received a number of highly favorable reviews. A writer because at a stunning new book. The New York Times reviewer says it is a tot and cogent corr
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. These are just three examples of some of the newspaper advertisements that i collected as part of the research for this book, which reflect a number of things. One, that white mothers were creating such a demand for enslaved mothers services and labor as wet nurses that they were not only putting these ads, placing these ads in southern newspapers, but that also, what you dont see in these, but in others, what also becomes clear is that white women were also some of the individuals who were supplying these white mothers with the enslaved mothers and wet nurses that they wanted, that they were seeking. Here, these three are examples of enslaved wet nurses seeking enslaved wet nurses either to purchase or to hire. And what i found also is that there was a really important intersection and connection between the market in enslaved wet nurses and the slave market proper. So, most of the men and individuals who were offering enslaved women for sale
Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Good evening and thank you for joining us. We begin tonight in new mexico, where authorities have captured a fugitive suspect accused of gunning down a state trooper friday who tried to help the suspect. 33yearold jaremy smith is now in custody after authorities arrested him following a Police Pursuit and shootout in albuquerque. It happened when smith was spotted by a gas station clerk. All of this prompted an urgent manhunt this weekend and a chilling warning to communities to be on the lookout for the armed and dangerous suspected killer. Kr cbss Elise Preston has details on what led to his capture. Elise. Reporter jericka, new Mexico Police say the suspect is in the hospital under guard after being shot during his arrest. We said that we would bring jaremy smith to justice. There was nowhere that he could run. That there was nowhere he could hide. Reporter 33yearold jaremy smith was captured after a foot chase and gunfire. Some of the bulle
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What San Francisco police said about that. Was arrested under the following charges, attempted murder, two counts of murder, one count of carjacking, one count of possession of a firearm and one count of an aggravated assault with a gun. Reporter now he could be formally charged with murder as early as tomorrow after the d. A. Reviews the case. If there are special circumstances such as multiple murder he could face life in prison without parole or the death penalty. Police say contrearas opened fire at the twin peaks at 2 00 a. M. Sunday killing 21yearold julio parozza and wounded another man. The suspect took a yukon denali. Contrearas has a history of auto theft and weapons violations. He was accused in 2014 of a very unfortunate incident. He was driving a stolen honda that crashed into a bus in richmond causing the bus to slam into a house and injuring 11 people. Now as we come back here contrearas legal trouble are clearly mounting and could be in Court Tomorrow in the twin peaks