Understanding of our past egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. Jones rogers uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, sales records Court Documents and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of colombian 1862. Hey among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property has received a number of highly favorable reviews. A writer because at a stunning new book. The New York Times reviewer says it is a tot and cogent corr
Thank you. I wouldnt see us surprised to move some bestsellers on the needle today. It is important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals real purpose is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity, which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses s. Grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from this story of president grant was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. Acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. An incredible story that reminded me a person of good will can learn from their mistakes and reach their potential. I hope you enjoy this session. It is my privilege to introduce the Deputy Director of national, International Outreach and our session moderator, colleen. [app
The voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. She uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, slave records sells records, court doctrines and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of columbia in 1860 two. Among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property and received favorable reviews. A writer because at a stunning new book. The New York Times reviewer says as they taught and cogent corrective that examines how historians have misunderstood and misrepresented white
Found on the National Archives youtube channel. Assumptions about history gives us a fresh us a fresh understanding, egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. She uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, slave records sells records, court doctrines and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of columbia in 1860 two. Among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property and received favorable reviews. A writer because at a
The real purpose here is literacy. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. Turnout sion, ron chernow will discuss his book about ulysses s grant. One thing i learned from this story was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. It isnt an incredible story. Me that a person of good will learn from their mistakes. I hope you enjoy this session. Welcome to the 18th annual National Book festival. Ron is an awardwinning journalist, historian, biographer. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and the National Book award for nonfiction. In 2016, he won the National Humanities medal. His book on Alexander Hamilton with the inspiration for the awardwinning musical. He worked as a historical it is worth noting that are cochair of the festival was supposed to conduct this interview today. I just happen to be a big admirer of ulysses s grant. When you are first approached to create a hiphop musical about your book, what was