Land shall be deluged in blood, a new history of gnat turners revolt published by Oxford University press. It is a book that i assigned to my undergraduates this spring. And as we all know undergraduates, theyre tough customers when it comes to books. They absolutely enjoy mr. Greens scholarship and especially his writing. It is a bold book, it is an important book and one of the things that patrick and i talked about it is just its just a shame. That one can go to southampton county today, where turners revolt took place. Youll see some state signage, but yowl have no way of taking a driving tour to see the sights related to that important revolt. It truly is shock. I know patrick is trying to do his part and trying to bring more awareness and attention so that audiences like us who go to battlefields, and i suspect if we had the opportunity we would take a bus down to southampton county to be able to look at that historic landscape that has changed radically. I dont believe and patri
This talk is part of the Civil War Institute civil war conference, about an hour. Good morning again. I am Peter Carmichael. Member of the History Department at Gettysburg College. Im also the director of the Civil War Institute. It is my pleasure this morning to introduce to you Patrick Green whos an associate professor in history and classics at providence college. I should note hes also the father of one of our High School Scholarship recipients from last year, correct . She came here and enjoyed herself im sure. Patrick is the author of the land shall be deluged in blood, a new history of nat turners revolt published by Oxford University press. It is a book that i assigned to my undergraduates this spring. And as we all know undergraduates, theyre tough customers when it comes to books. They absolutely enjoy mr. Greens scholarship and especially his writing. It is a bold book, it is an important book and one of the things that patrick and i talked about it is just its just a shame.
Here i am talking at gettysburg. Guys back toyou 1831 . Know, isg, as you central battle, the place where the most important battle happened in American History. Its also the place of the gettysburg address. Telle come here, unlikeits noo you about 1863 more than you already know. Let me start with abraham lincoln. Addresshas anyone ever aged asn five years . Abraham lincoln gets up and one of the things he does is he is sitting there. And he starts talking about southhampton county. He asks his audience and new yorkers what induced the southhampton direction 28 years many as threeas times as many lives were lost. Back to 1831, not 1832, the year Gettysburg College was founded. Its not lincoln who is president , it is jackson. That guy. Economics. I want to set this economically. When we look at the civil war, many more historians know railr. 18 30 1830. Here is a map of Railroad Construction in the United States by decade. 18 30 there is nothing. There are three dots. There are two do
At the civil war continues now with author Patrick Breen on his book the land should be deluged in blood. This talk was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institutes annual summer conference. Its about an hour. Good morning. Good morning, again. Im Peter Carmichael. Member of the History Department at Gettysburg College. Im also the director of the Civil War Institute. It is my pleasure this morning to introduce to you Patrick Breen whos an associate professor in history and classics at providence college. I should note, hes also the father of one of our High School Scholarship recipients from last year. Correct . She came here. And enjoyed herself, im sure. Patrick is the author of the land shall be deluged in blood a new history of nat turners revolt published by Oxford University press. I can say to you its one of the finest books ive read on southern history in a very long time. It is a book that i assigned to my undergraduates this spring. And as we all know undergraduates,
Continues with other Patrick Breen on his book the land shall be deluged in blood a new history of the nat turner revolt a new history of the nat turner revolt. This was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institutes annual summer conference. It is about one hour. Good morning. I am Peter Carmichael a member of the history department. Im the director of the Civil War Institute. It is my pleasure this morning to introduce to you Patrick Breen who is an associate professor in history and classics at providence college. I should note he is also the father of one of our High School Scholarship recipients from last year. Patrick is the author of the land shall be dilution blood. I can say to you it is one of the finest books that i have read in southern history in a very long time. Its a book that i have assigned to my undergraduates this spring. As we all know undergraduates are tough customers when it comes to books. They absolutely enjoyed his writing. It is a bold book, it is an im