Paper. Theyre going to show up one day and hand that to me, im positive. [laughter] jefferson was in charge as he was away, and he was moving from a smaller property to the bigger house in 1799. [inaudible] [laughter] that is a good point. I will go home and do that. Thank you very much. [applause] youre watching American History tv. Follow us on twitter for our schedule and to give up on the latest history news. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1970 nine, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, cr gives highlights the achievements of several africanamerican women of the civil war. , focusing on individuals he says have been overlooked. Stories of black women who worked as soldiers and spies as well as women who were abolitionist on the underground railroad. This hourlong event took place at the africanamerican civil or thatrial and it was organized b
As it certainly tonight talk show host used to say, why dont we get busy. I want to begin with the first photograph and recite some numbers to you as well. Just to give you a sense of perspective. According to the census of 1860, there were over 990,000 black women from 15 up to 44 years of age. Their 1. 3 million children under 10 years of age. Over 120,000 black children under one year of age, and, all of these, most of these, what have been enslaved people. Thanks to research put together by the guild institute, there are things that we can say. We know that few enslaved people lived until old age. Between 1830 and 1860, only 10 of enslaved people in north america were over 50 years old. Half of all enslaved babies died in the first year of life. That was twice the rate of white babies. The average birthrate of slave weight of slave infants was less than 5. 5 pounds. Slave children were tiny. Their average height cannot reach three feet until they were four years old. They were 5. 5
Like well finally get one, i dont want to count my chickens before they hatch. We havent seen a single flake. But looks like a significant storm is on the way. Looking live center city. A beautiful shot of the full moon, we have a full moon that will hurt the jersey shore monday night into tuesday, because the high tides will be elevated before the storm arrives. Ill talk about that coming up in ten minutes or so. In the meantime, lets flip it over to the windchills, look at these numbers, 6 below in the mountains, 18 in allentown. 16 in philadelphia. 11 in trenton, and millville. 16 in dover, a pair of 2s for wilmington. Just like yesterday these windchills will be biting all daylon. Yesterday the numbers hung out in the teens, today they are in the 20s. For march standards this is cold stuff. Philadelphia, 26 degrees, millville, 27. Trenton, 22. Yesterday we had cloudy skies, today well see more in the way of sun. It will help out a little bit, but it will be blustery and cold. The c
From the officials in philadelphia on their preparations. But first we go to Melissa Magee. Reporter sarah and rick were tracking the moisture that will begin after midnight in most locations. We have a winter storm warning for most of jersey and i95 metro area and points north and west. We have a Winter Weather advisory for dover and wildwood, Cape May County and kent counties in delaware. A blizzard warning for ocean county not for the amount of snow, but the length of gusty winds, but the visibles being reduced for a long period of time, as well. Heres whats going on as we go throughout the rest of rest of. 2 00 p. M. , 34. 4 00 p. M. , 38 degrees, as we go throughout the day, sun giving way to increasing clouds and we are tracking that system. Storm tracker 6 live we have an area of low pressure thats moving out of the plains and pressing into the great lakes. We have an area of low pressure forming off the coast of the carolinas. This low moves closer and transfers its energy to t
American architecture of the 18th and 20th centuries and teaches. He is best known throughout new york for his video walking tours presented by channel 13 including the emmyaward nominated shows 42nd street, broadway, and harlem. He has lectured at numerous venues including Columbia University on university of pennsylvania come of the Smithsonian Institute and the Harvard Graduate School of planning and architecture. This is where all of these great architects come from, from barrys classes. If you have a cell phone or electronic beeper, please turn it off. We ask for no photography. And now, please join me in welcoming barry lewis. [applause] barry lewis you are ordering a special hook at the end of the lecture. Were looking at Greenwich Village. For those of you who grew up in new york, you have your memories of Greenwich Village like i did. That is why it is my favorite lecture. It did not exist until about 100, 110 years ago, but we will see that in a moment. We are in new york on