Abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of Cleveland Akron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio, and so man came and continued coming until today nearly 2 Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigatable stream, a water supply and as a suewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the cuyahoga. With us is the professor of history with the university of cincinnati and the coauthor of where the river burned. Physically, where are you located and explain what happens 50 years ago this month. Hi, steve, thanks for having me. We are sitting at the near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, the can cuyahoga reaches lake erie. But
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. A senator mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Perdue mr. President , weve had a lot of action in the United States senate which is unusual here. Id like to address that, today. You know, id like to address this to the people of texas, louisiana, and all those that just experienced the devastating results and impact of Hurricane Harvey. Obviously, our hearts go out to those people and of course were going to do the right thing and help the people of texas which is just what we voted on today. But its a bigger issue i want to speak to today. And i relate to this personally, because just last year, almost exactly to the day, my family was evacuated from our home in south georgia. And as i speak to you today, we were just notified today that my wife and motherinlaw who are there today will be well be evacuating this weekend from the south co
That was wonderful. Thank you. Its good to hear the other part of the story. Wb farmer visited a spring. He noticed a group of slaves already there. And so the farmer hid behind a tree and he overheard, quote, the negros belonging to the different british admiral two days later, those slaves fled to the warships. Now, the argument that i want to make today is that by their enthusiasm for the british as potential liberators, the enslaved people of the chesapeake made it so. Flocking to them in unanticipated numbers that would, by early 1814, compelling major rethinking of british strategy in the chesapeake. At the start of the first Chesapeake Campaign in 1813, the british officers were under orders to take on no more than a few black men and only men who could be used as pilots and guides and a year later they would entice hundreds of runaways, including women and children, and including willis. So like willis, the other runaways would not take no for an answer. Now, professor Andrew L
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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