Hand sanitizer, toilet paper, or pasta. That was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riots, shortages in the market. We will be talking about the to light tonight. What i want to do is set the stage for the bread riots, give you an idea of the conditions under which it occurred, but also talk about the right itself. And im going to end with the aftermath of the riots. Up here. Slight appea he wrote some very insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary on march 7. He was an official in the War Department. Is 30. Flour butchers are closing their stalls. Farmers are making preparations. He went on to say they resent the secretarys schedule prices which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. Schedule he is talking about, i will go into more detail, but basically it was the government setting prices that farmers had to abide by when they sold goods to the army. The farmers resent these prices. Corn,pressment
Narrative sweep of the civil war and only 50 objects . About when i was asked to undertake the project for the Historical Society and that was a lucky day for me. Threemember we got to see arrayed befores us on a conference table and the Historical Society. That was a matter of picking representative objects which stand in for a big history of the civil war, item by item, personal story by personal story. It was remarkable at the end that we constructed the history of the war from the Abolitionist Movement to the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. And it was great fun to work with you on that project. Yes. Our topic this evening as fighting slavery, the bumpy road to black freedom. This evening we will be looking at three objects related to the topics and theyre all paperbased objects. Petition to Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. A broadside by Frederick Douglass. And a sketch, the arrival of slaves to chickasaw bio. Bayou. Petition toe is a ever handling and f
To find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could which it occurred. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of e. Bert garlick keen wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said flour in the city is , 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Meat, 1. 25 per pound. Farmers are making preparations. Then he went on to say, they resent the secretarys scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. And this price schedule he
Wrote it. Because today, we can definitely go to the stores and not be able to find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot , give you an idea for the conditions under which it could occur. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keene. He wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said, flour in the city is 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Meat, 1. 25 per pound. Farmers are making preparation. Then he went on to say, they resent the secretary scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the
Kelly so the richmond bread riot. One thing that struck me as i was going over this talk, this is one i wrote a few years ago. One thing that struck me is it seemed a little more relevant today than it did back when i wrote it. Because today, we can definitely go to the stores and not be able to find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could occur. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keene. He wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said