That is the way, with the possible exception of british emancipation in 1833 in the west indies which was also in a geopolitical situation of danger that britain faced, masters never want to free their slaves. Jefferson wanted to believe these masters were different from masters throughout history because they were enlightened enough to break away from the British Empire. If you could do that, my fellow americans, you can do anything. Not true because of course the revolution in some ways was a revolution to consolidate the hold of slaveholders over their slaves. This is the situation we find jefferson in, that is bucking the opinion of his neighbors and that is the fundamental problem. Can you talk a little more about france . We love france. I will start and you will finish. France is really important. Did people hear her . We are talking about france. The pivot of our book we would agree. What we needed to do was get jefferson out of virginia. He was having a rough time there as you
Itting in my grandmas lap her mind was clear as a bell. Whatember her telling me her father had done at the battle of gettysburg. Is link with the civil war very direct with me. So, from the time i was a young boy able to absorb history, i was interested in it, and im glad i am, because history is the best teacher. How many years were you teaching the civil war . Prime minister lee it was an elective course professor robertson it was an elective course. Students to get because they wanted to. 22 thousandbout students. How many books have you written . Professor robertson i dont know. I just write them and hope they do well. Book onread that your Stonewall Jackson had done the best. So far. R robertson it is about a confederate general. Its not the biography of a general, but the life story of a man. I got very involved with jackson. To overcome. Ips his mother died when he was seven. He never knew why. He grew up on love. I wanted to try to get a hold of this man, and she told me, i wo
Timid, somewhat shy, sweet and caring christina, a young woman not too shy, though, to stand up to those who bullied her friends in high school. She will be celebrated here tonight. Being together and sharing together and crying together, laughing together can really help the grieving process. Reporter grimmies rise to star status began on youtube. Christina, you know i love you. Thats when selena vega became a friend and fan. Now heartbroken. She came all the way from frankfurt, germany for the service tonight. She shared with us photos of when the two met. That was in munich the last show in germany. It was probably the best night. Grimmies fame skyrocketed during her season on nbcs the voice on team adam. Levine so shaken by grimmies sudden death hes paying for the funeral. We asked police and the church if any celebrities will be among the mourners. I have no information at this point to indicate that there will be anybody of a celebrity status attending the event. Reporter securit
And the boat the man may have fallen from, but they didnt find anything. The latest we are hearing is that the man is in Critical Condition. Jackie ward, kpix 5. Theres no service at the park due to repairs, a shuttle bus will take riders back and forth. The bridge will close at 11 00 once again today. The locks will reopen at 5 00. The goal is minimize the back ups from all of that holiday traffic. We have had a few issues on the road for this holiday. Lets check in with rocky for the morning commute. Thats right. The traffic issue we have had in oakland has now cleared. It was closed this morning, but now it is open so it is good. There was a box truck blocking the road there. The crews are ahead of schedule, so thats great. Bart starts at 6 00 a. M. It is now 6 02. Ace is closed. Keep in mind you have to pay the meters today. And lets head to roberta with the weather. [ laughter ] why not do that. Rise and shine on this labor day. Its going to be warmer than what we experienced on s
Days and she deleted she drank some of the water. There are ranches throughout and they have water that are contaminated with bacteria cows can handle and human beings cannot and she became very ill and got to the point she couldnt walk another step. He has a whole group of people with him and they need to catch their ride so he abandoned their 14yearold girl in the desert dragging away the 10yearold brother who begged to stay with her but they took her away and she was left behind. Nobody knew she was missing until the little brother set off the alarm. Three weeks later her body was found by a volunteer. Shes trying to be united with her parents in the United States and thats what im writing about now. In your book acrosstheboard are from the 2001 only 12 of them survived what drew you to this particular story . Ive been writing about the border in different ways for a long time and little brown actually contacted me and asked if i would be interested in doing the buck and i thought n