You just did not have the technology for an individual to kill as many people as you do today. When you are talking about violence done with knives or swords or muzzleloading firearms, you know, it takes a while to reload. Even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload one of those things. By the time you pour in the powder, put on the percussion cap, and get ready, the person you are trying to kill should be alf a mile away. It is very difficult. These were mass murderers where a lot of people got together to do these things. We can get examples very early in our history. The pequot war, we talk about that as a war, but what happened at the end was the pequots surrendered. They were hiding out in a swamp. Over 700 children and women and men. The new englanders surrounded them, burned the swap, and anyone who wasnt burned alive and tried to get out they shot them down. They killed over 700 people. It took a lot to kill 700 people back then. You look at things like when the morm
Recently American History tv was that the american historical Associations Annual meeting in denver, colorado. We spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. This is about 20 minutes. Bill we are joined by randolph roth, history professor at ohio state university, here to talk to us about Mass Violence and Domestic Violence. Mass violence has a certain connotation today. How would it have been different in the 1850s . Prof. Roth it was very different, because in our past, mass killings were very common. You just did not have the technology to kill as many people. When you are talking about violence are nearly done with knives or swords, or muzzleloading firearms you know, it takes a while to reload. Even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload one of those things. By the time you pour in the powder, put on the percussion cap, and get ready, the person you are trying to kill should be half a mile away. It is very difficult. These were mass murde
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