University of wisconsin madison. In the middle of an exhibition thend world work i 1914, came armageddon. It highlights the collections at the University Library system as well from the Wisconsin Historical society. Different artifacts related to not only wisconsins role in the war but also what was happening in each country when the conflict began in the summer of 1914. The war broke out in the summer 1914 after france ferdinand, the archduke and air to the austrohungarian throne was assassinated by a member of a serbian military group called the black hand. His goal was to bring all serbs together in one country, independent of us of austrohungarian empire. Austria put pressure on serbia to allow them to conduct an investigation. Serbia acquiesced on all of austrias demands, except that austria be able to use their own police in serbian territory. This led to a standoff and a military confrontation when austria most real mobilized against serbia, russia declared that they would help
Back. Try it with a blacklight. [laughter] he was a charming man. He was a great president and it didnt have to do much writing himself although his letters and his stories and arguments are well written indeed. The book that we published by him in his autobiography on American Life he regarded as something being done by others. He went over it and he was a pleasure to be around. He had a very Good Relationship with margaret by phone because she was a woman that loved her forces and so was he and they both shared an interest in peace. That is the one time that we had a number of pigs on our car at the duchess county and it turned out Ronald Reagan had been very interested and never field with going to state fairs like the iowa state fair to go and visit with the Winning Ticket the iowa state fair. He was a charming man. You tell an episode in another life that he came to the office is to win his autobiography. I hear that its a good book i will have to read it sometime. Stack unfortuna
But like many parts of the constitution, all little they. It doesnt say who has to return them. The federal government, the state, what procedures, is there a trial or a judge, what happens . It doesnt say that. A fugitive slave law was passed in 1793 a national one but that was weak and they basically put the onus on the owner. If the owner goes up to north and crabbs the fugitive he can take them back. That wasnt that easy to do although there were owners and agencies in this health, slave hunters trying to grab fugitives in the north but were people who resisted them. In 1850 the federal government passes a new law the fugitive slave act which makes it a federal responsibility. The federal government will now send marshals into northern states to grab fugitives. They set up a whole new position office, the federal commissioner who will hear these cases and send them back. It even says the army can be used if theres a danger of a right or something. They will send in the army. This i
Century. The author recounts the development of the new York Vigilance Committee in 1835 and other organizations throughout the north that provided protection against slave kidnappings that occurred in new york city. He speaks with edna green medford, chair of the History Department at howard university. Host we are joined today by professor Eric Foner Dewitt Clinton professor of history at Columbia University. He is the author or editor of two dozen volumes, many of them award winners, including the fiery trial Abraham Lincoln and american slavery, which won the pulitzer, bancroft and lincoln prizes in 2011. Professor foner, thank you for joining us today. Guest thanks very much for having me. Host gateway to freedom the Hidden History of the underground railroad, how did you arrive at this subject and this title . Guest well, the title, i guess, is meant to reflect its the book centers on new york city although it deals with a lot of other places, but the title is meant to suggest th
Red is the quintessential color of love, festooning the first half of February each year. But according to Megan Massanelli, archives and special collections engagement and outreach librarian for the University Library System, it was also the most commonly used accent color in historical hand-lettering and early printing. At Tuesday night’s “Love in Letters” workshop.