She is the author of they were her property white women as slave owners in the american south. This video is courtesy of the National Archives. Many of their programs can be found on the National Archives youtube channel. Assumptions about history gives us a fresh questioning assumptions gives 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
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Members of the Sovereign Council or except the bios the formation of the Sovereign Council comes after a power sharing agreement was signed between the coalition and the military on saturday after months of protests it had been a point of contention between the 2 sides with disagreements over its role and who will have a bigger say now the council will be led by the military for the 1st 21 months of the transitional period and by a civilian from the forces of freedom and change coalition for the remaining 18 months it will have the role of overseeing the executive council and Legislative Assembly in which the opposition will have a majority or a presentation of the forces of freedom and change has been representing the protest movement and the talks to form a Transitional Government and all its institutions now people on the 3 feet will be keeping an eye on that coalition and the institutions including an independent judiciary to make sure that their demands for justice and accountabil
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Welcome, everybody live at the l. A. Times book festival. We hope youre having an extraordinary day. Welcome also are friends coming in via this recording for cspans book tv. We are thrilled to be with you. My name is martha jones and i have the distinct pleasure of moderating the panel today. The legacy of slavery through the generations. My first task is to introduce the extraordinary authors. I begin to my left. Carry greenwich is the author of the grimkes the legacy of slavery in an american family. Congratulations on being a finalist this year before the l. A. Times book prize. Rachel jamison webster, author of Benjamin Banneker and us 11 generations of an american family. Welcome, rachel. Williams, author of, i saw death coming, a history of terror and survival in the war against reconstruction. And, the author of master slave husband wife and epic journey from slavery to freedom. You can already hear where this conversation will go and i am thrilled to help facilitate it. To sta