Civil war of 1812. The u. S. Capital historical iety and James Madison this is about 45 minutes. That was wonderful. Thank you. Its good to hear the other part of the story. Wb recently, and very exciting for us who live in virginia, he published the national book, the slavery inemy, or i virginia. It looks at the war of 1812 through a different lens. His groundbreaking work in scholarship which highlights of 1812,rstudied story the runaway slaves who sought their freedom by joining with the British Forces its something that is very intriguing. Learn so much more, so please come forward and lets hear about this new story of war. [applause] i want to introduce some characters who tend to be players and the story of 1812 and try to make a case that they were much more than bit players. I want to begin with one of them, a man named willis. We do not know his last name. Denied lastple were names and the public record. He was 14 years old when he first escaped from his masters plantation. E
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The recent belmar and ben affleck. Did you guys watch that . I will see it is longer. If you get to the chance, read up on it and the debate about islam. We will talk about that going forward. Thats all i got. I will see you next week. Join us each saturday evening and midnight eastern for classroom lectures across the country on different topics and eras of American History. Lectures in history are also available as podcasts. Visit our website or download them from itunes. The cspan cities tour takes book tv and American History tv on the road, traveling to u. S. Cities to learn about the history and literary life. For aeekend, we partner visit to colorado springs, colorado. Pike was6, montgomery sent to explore the region. Very similar to lewis and clark, who were sent to the northwestern part of the louisiana territory. Pike was sent to the southwest part of the territory. From his perspective, when he came out here, he walked off the map. He went to an area that was unknown. Peak,i
Day, howion for the enthusiastic are you about voting . 202 5853880. Republicans 202 5853881. Independents 202 5853882. And if youre outside the u. S. , 202 6280184. A very good sunday morning to you. Headlines in the pages today isut voter enthusiasm, here New York Times. The papers in minnesota, the star tribune the mood of voters , chile and uncertain. Gap gives the gop midterm momentum and this story from the wall street journal. Overstate voter enthusiasm, we want to bring in the reporter who wrote that story to talk about the issue of voter enthusiasm. You, heading into tuesday, which group of voters are more enthusiastic . If you look at people who are more enthusiastic come a these are people like men over the age of 50, tea Party Supporters, Senior Citizens across the board. That is particularly interesting because these are groups that skew republican. Excited republicans are or giddy over the fact that they have an enthusiasm advantage. Host is it a clear sign of victory . G
Thats what democrats have been in the past, the natural descenders of the defenders of the unborn. Bob casey, the governor of pennsylvania many years ago was the best defender and articulate irof how we ought to be the first democrat of help the unborn. Was not using as partisan battering ram. Host hobby blob by, where did you stand on that . Guest absolutely. We were for that bill. The problem that it has occurred in the political environment, i think that campaigns decided they were not going to be able to communicate this in a way that people can understand meaning we werent talking about contraception. We were talking about abortion because they were not going to fund it. That has become obscure in all he bhort and all that. Instead, the candidates moved the overthecounter contraception issue which we had no stand on. We had a stand on the other at least of the rights of conscience and religious liberty. Host here is joe. And joe is from virginia. Republican line. Hi. Caller hi. Ho