Pressure driven largely by the federal government as well as speculators and privateers to acquire native land and dispossessed native people from their homeland. Cially under andrew jackson, is a sense that native people, for their own good need be removed to, make way for white settlers and for the expansion of cotton. The scot is talking about the indian removal proper. Best known, better probably better known as a disposition act. There committed to moving Indigenous People so from georgia, florida, the carolinas, from arkansas people moved west so when it says is good reason to head south, its a big reason god be the case. With one observation we tend to think about violent disposition of native americans especially in the west and tradition of western movies and smiles it depicts but the bloodiest war against american indians. There are three of them so the violent occupation of florida is very much part of the story of the modern self. I think one of the themes we work isbout in
With open forum. I want to share this story written on the propublica of a grad student on covered the largest slave sale. She is joining us and is also joined with bernard powers, director for the center for the study of slavery in charlston. Welcome to both of you. Let me start with lauren and the headline in this piece, this uncovering of the artist known slave auction in the United States, explain what you were doing and what the project you were working on and how did you make this discovery . Guest is interned during graduate school at the center for slavery and i had been sitting in my room doing Newspaper Research in the archives at slave traders in charleston during that time period and stumbled across it. I had been doing that job for a few months and happened upon it. Host what did you come upon . Guest the sale of 600 people. I thought it might have been a misprint and i emailed dr. Powers and we had a meeting and realized it was real. Host when you saw that number, the sal
Syria and other conflict zones. First that i far right is janin di giovanni, newsweeks middle east editor and contributing editor at vanity fair. At the start of her journalistic career, janine covered the first intifada in the 1960s good since then, she has reported on turmoil in civil conflicts throughout the middle east and beyond. In her latest book, the morning they came for us, she chronicles the root series in seven different if she provides a vivid picture of a ravaged nation experienced by citizens. Among them, a nun, dr. , musician and student. Their stories convey realities from the pervasive spoke to the hunger, to return of such previously vanquished diseases as typhus and polio. Next to janine is someone, chief correspondent for the sunday times. Christinas introduction to conflict reporting also came in the late 1980s, but in pakistan and afghanistan. Her journalism has since taken her far and wide including assignment in brazil, south africa, zimbabwe and iraq. The 9 11
That in the primaries so it is interesting to see how that will work out if he is the nominee disease which to a ground game that is described or stay at that 30,000foot level to see if he can bring in the people through the messaging and celebrity. The new book is called the 2 million voters who will elect the next president. Booktv on cspan2. Where you want to send me. I called my parents to say im going to pakistan. They said no you are not it turns out they were wrong and i went four months later when i was first in tokyo it was the big deal at the time my mother said oh know what did you do wrong . But i will review what kim wrote in her book seeking get a flavor how she writes afghanistan felt more like home than anywhere else in the region and i knew why the sound seemed did familiar with jagged mountains in big skys and men in pickup trucks with guns with hate for the government. [laughter] it was like montana but just on different drugs. [laughter] so lets go back for a second
Authors, all journalists, seasoned intrepid war reporters, they have written memoirs, in afghanistan, syria and other conflict zones. First, janine, janine di giovanni, newsweeks contributing editor at vanity fair. At the start of her journalistic, the first palestinian intifada in the late 1990s. Then, reported on turmoil and conflicts in the middle east and beyond. Her latest book, the morning they came for us dispatches from syria she chronicles the war in syria. The ravaged nation experienced by its citizens. A doctor, musician and student, their stories convey the realities of modern urban warfare from the pervasive smoke to the hunger, the return of previously vanquished diseases as typhus and polio. Next to janines christina lamb, chief Foreign Correspondent of the sunday times. Like janine, the introduction came in the late 1980s, in pakistan and afghanistan. Her journalism has taken her far and wide including assignments in brazil, south africa, zimbabwe and iraq but since the