My sister, carol and my brotherinlaw, marty, for traveling here from connecticut for this. And i want to thank tina dunkley and their family for coming. Tina has come in from atlanta. They are the descendents of one of the leaders of the largest single escape of slaves from a virginia plantation during the war of 1812. And since it is monticello we begin with Thomas Jefferson and his words here. And this is a quote that comes from a letter he wrote in response to edward cole, his former secretary. He wrote this letter, and as you can see, august 25, 1814, which is a low point to the United States and its war against the british empire, the war we call the war in 1812 but a war which lasted in to 1815. Now, those of you who know about the occupation and the partial burning of washington will recognize that august 25 was right after the british had occupied washington and while the buildings were burning. Jefferson was writing this letter from monticello so he didnt know yet about that b
But british officials perceived to be in their interest. They might use it at the planters paid travel. Also if slaves were out. The expectation was made clear that if theres a slave revolt in trinidad they were supposed to help suppress the. They were supposed to catch runaways are not receive them into their communities. So its only in the 1830s the british will make a concerted effort, Parliament Passes law for the gradual emancipation through this conversation apprenticeship horrendously cheap on the west indies. Often enslave people get impatient with this and they will rise up and demand more immediate freedom. So it is a tangled process, but it is through it is around civil war. Thats fairly easy to do with the Political Center is in london in the planter class has limited power by the team 30s in parliament. Much less so than that. And he has studied so well when the planter passes far more in parliament and it was in 1830s. Another question here. This is the last one. Im just
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