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That all starts at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. Enjoy book tv this week and every week and on cspan two. Hello and welcome to the Atlantic History Center author talks series. And the host of the talks. Tonight a conversation with h. W. Brands with the zealot and the emancipator. John brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the struggle for freedom. You can purchase the book a directly from a cappella books there is a link in the chat and the rate of your screen, or you can also go to the link provided in the history center. Professor brands and i are talking, please submit your questions in the q and a feature at the bottom of the screen. Not the chat please, just the q a it tends to get less crowded that way. Im going to try to integrate as many of them into the conversation as i can. H. W. Brands is chair of the university of texas at austin hes authored some 30 books on us history, among them the First Americans and the biography in was finals for the pulitzer prize. Brands thank you so much for jo
We have to oppose the extension of the savory slavery. The immigrant societies formed in the north. They would give money to fund immigrants. They did something comparable. They have an advantage because kansas territory was right next to missouri as a slave state. And the missourians the board into kansas and they would destroy the free state settlement. The idea was to make kansas unfriendly. This is where john brown comes in. By this time almost as committed to the antislavery cause. Theyre not initially can it take up arms. They said bob you bobby should come join us. He is increasingly distressed at the failure of the to actually frustrate the proslavery courses. They seem to be rolling right over physically over the antislavery side. He needs to take strong action to send a message to the pro slavery side. They descend on aim proslavery settlement and they drag five men close savory slavery settlers and just outside the cabins where they are living there right off into the night.
No. Hello and welcome to the other talk series. And virginia prescott and the host to deny the conversation with some fine about the zealot and the emancipator john brown and the struggle for american freedom. Theres a link to the right of your screen or you can go to the link provided at the History Centers web site. As we are talking please submit your questions with the q a feature at the bottom of the screen. Not the chat, just the q a. Tends to get less credit that when i will try to integrate as many of them into the conversation as they can. H. W. Brands is the chair of the university of houston and offered some 30 books on u. S. History month in the First Americans biography for pulitzer prize. Bill brands thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Abraham lincoln and john brown wellknown historians. What did you want to add to the understanding of these famous american martyrs really by writing this . I think teaching American History for 35 going on 40 years a
Not. Mr. Thune mr. President , a long and arduous process is finally drawing to a close. In the next couple of days, we will vote on judge kavanaughs confirmation to the United States Supreme Court, and i will be voting yes. Last week, dr. Christine blasey ford testified before the Senate Judiciary committee about an allegation she made about judge kavanaugh. Dr. Ford deserved to be heard, and she was. Her claim claims deserved to be investigated, and they were thoroughly by the Senate Judiciary committee. And then they were investigated again by the f. B. I. And heres what we have learned. After seven, seven f. B. I. Background investigations, more than two weeks of committee investigations, and a daylong hearing where both sides were heard, there is not one scrap of corroborating evidence to back up her claims against judge kavanaugh. Person after person after person has given testimony of judge kavanaughs good character, both in high school and in his adult life. 65 women, 65 women