Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. Face the nations John Dickerson is next on booktvs after words program. His book, whistle stop, discusses memorable moments of past president ial campaigns. Host john, thanks so much for being with us today. Ive been looking forward to us. Youve written a great book or more political junkies, and im one of them. Guest thanks, brian. Im looking forward to it myself. Host right at the beginning you helped to set a theme when you said while were watching one race, theres usually an an echo from the past that gives you a guide to what might happen. Im wondering, as you look back over past races like those youve written about, what do you think is most relevant or compares most closely to whats going on these days . Guest well, you know, thats where it started which is that every one of the races ive covered youre just trying to to figure out whats coming next an
Recipient of numerous fellowships including the National Endowment for humidityities. Boston globe calls the slave clause a powerful look at the struggle to end slavery in the United States. Its as multifacetted as the movement it chronicles. Sinha we are so very delighted to have her joining us. Please join me in welcoming manisha sinha. [applause] thank you for that generous introduction, so as you can probably tell from the size of this book. I have said almost everything wanted to about abolition in it. So today i will just briefly outline the book. The slaves cause is a comprehensive history of abolition that reevaluates it as a radical, interavailable, social interracial, social movement. From far nature rowing the boundaries of freedom as selfownership and legitimatizing new forms of servitude and modern forms such as slavianor, abolition gave birth to other political passions. Not restricted to wartime emancipation, the American Abolitionist Movement unfolded in 100year drama,
Especially not those that are in a union and the constitution and the view of many. But Dana Oconnell issued a wonderful stamp then he told annan in ireland the cruelty were his exact words. So the project of recruiting immigrants and the irish but the germans were more successful because a lot of them were refugees in 1840 resolution and a lot of them simply brought that commitment to liberal democracy permit to human rights, to general revenue idea to let they then put in the service of the Abolition Movement. The gymnastic clothes that they had defending abolitionists and africanamericans from being attacked by antiabolitionist mobs. The average story does not end on a bad note because the land leagues formed real connections with irish radicals in the history of the antislavery act of this habit of having a connection with immigrants does come true after the war and patrick ford, who is actually an apprentice to garrison joins the single tax campaign after the civil war and named h
So, im busy, but its a fun stuff and i really in deeply satisfied with being able to communicate. Its fascinating stuff out there. I could talk to you for hours, tangents building a robotic bricklaying machine that has been the dream of engineers for pretty much 50 or 60 years. The machine is named sam. You might sit on it jobsite somewhere. It looks like a hotdog cart with a red arm that grabs a brick and put mortar on the, and does it again and again and again. Im going to make you care about bricks. [laughter] thanks so much for talking with us today. [appla [applause] thanks to everyone for coming. We now have our book signing and signing area one. That was fun. [inaudible conversations] when i tune into on the weekends as usual its authors sharing their new releases. Watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. They can have a longer conversation and delve into the subject. Booktv weekends. They bring you author after author after author th
They are run by the help of computers but the basic process is the same. Cspan, created by american Cable Companies and brought to you by of Public Service as your cable or satellite provider. Now its my pleasure to introduce the professor from the university of amherst. He is the author of the counterrevolution of slavery and the co editor of the two valium africanamerican mosaic, a documentary history from the african slave trade to the 21st century. In 2011 she was awarded a medal and is the recipient of numerous fellowships including the National Endowment for the humanities. Boston globe cause calls this a great look at the end of slavery they call it a stunning new history we are so very delighted to have her joining us this evening. Now please join me in welcoming Manisha Sinha [applause]. Thank you for that generous introduction. So as you can probably tell from the size of this book, i have said almost everything i wanted to about abolition. Today i will briefly outline some o