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
The coalition backed find a power sharing agreement with the military council on saturday before the military council was dissolved this morning ahead of the formation of the. Now he will be appointing an executive we can be made up of a majority of members which will be nominated from the Opposition Coalition from the forces of freedom and change with the exception of the minister of interior and. The military. People to back position but you can imagine he will have a Prime Minister you will be appointing member and he will be the policies of the government and the. Thing that body looks like the fate of the transitional period how it will be run will largely rest on the Prime Minister something that the Prime Minister who has been appointed. He landed the afternoon and upon landing he gave a statement saying that the focus in the next few months will be trying to what has gone wrong trying to be a transitional period trying to rebuild the dam and of the economy focusing on the econo
Covered most of the northern half of brazil which is larger than the whole of europe. The amazon produces 20 percent of the worlds oxygen and is home to more than 3000000 species of plants and animals fires in the amazon are a natural occurrence often started by lightning strikes but that doesnt explain the sudden increase in fires this year which environmentalist say has been exacerbated by cattle ranchers and sorie farmers clearing forest at an increased pace enforcement of amazon burning has been scaled back under president bush the not of a long time skeptic of Environmental Concerns bosn r. O. Slashed government funding to environmental agencies and on tuesday suggested the fires were being staged by n. G. O. S to embarrass his government i am under the impression that it could have been set by the n. G. O. S because they had asked for money what was their intention to bring about problems for brazil when fires burn in the amazon the area is so large theres nothing firefighters ca
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
As to the west there new delhi though really not looking too bad with the temperature by the time we get towards saturday of 34 degrees and then very quickly over here across much of the gulf winds are going to start to ramp up as we go towards saturday but here in doha expect to see a high of 39 degrees of abu dhabi at 40 degrees but by saturday those winds really kick in across much of the southern gulf doha at 38 degrees but over here towards misc up we could be seeing some morning fog for you with a temperature of about 32 degrees there. Inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that could set them free. Through Legal Education classes and mock tribunals their dedication has led to staggering results youve been in prison for 15 yards recently and that was the teaching empowerment kenya part of the rebel it occasional series on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera remind our top stories this hour their arms foreign minister says its willing to work with fra