Yale University History and studies professor Joanne Freeman , editor of the essential hamilton. Morning. Im a professor of history at the university of Central Florida and a proud member of the board of the National Council for History Education. I trust all of you are doing well and keeping safe. These are very strange times. Even for historians who have a longterm sense of history, thank you for joining us today. It is my pleasure to introduce speaker, historian Joanne Freeman. Dr. Freeman is a professor of history at yale university. She specializes in Early National american politics and culture. She is the author of several influential and awardwinning books and i will mention two of them. From 2001 andnor most recently, feel the blood congressional violence in which ium america, found particularly helpful for my own work. Ofseems like a reverse echo the current and contemporary political skeet clinical seen in the United States. I will leave it at that. Herfreeman is known for u
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