Now, on American History tv, university of maryland professor Christopher Bonn or teaches a class about the concept of power and breach civil war slaves societies. He also discusses how the invention of the cotton gin resulted in the expansion of slavery. Okay, i want to get into. Its good morning, welcome back. Great to see you all today. What we are going to do is think through some Big Questions about Power Dynamics in american slave societies today. So, part of this is like a building on what we talked about last thursday. Last thursday we talked about gabriels conspiracy, richmond 1800. We talked in conspicuous about how it reflects the complexity of slavery. Slavery was relationship doing individuals, a person and another person. As an experience, slavery was endlessly complex. With gabriel, we saw some of the ways and enslaved person could enjoy some kinds of freedom within their bondage. So, different practices of power influence the ways different people experienced slavery. S
Its good to see you all here today. What were going to do is think through some Big Questions about Power Dynamics in american slave societies today. So part of this is like a building on what we talked about last thursday. Last thursday we talked about gabriels conspiracy and we talked about the ways gabriels story reflects the complexity of slavery. Slavery was a relationship between an individuals, a person owned another person. It was complex. With gabriel, we saw some of the ways an enslaved person could enjoy freedom inside their bondage. Today what were going to do is talk through some of the practices of power and our Big Questions for today are broadly about this, right . Well come back to these questions at the end of class. Questions about the ways that labor influenced the lives of enslaved people in the south and the tools that were available to slave people and slave owners in struggles overpower. Slave owners used their power to move massive numbers of enslaved people in
Professor imani perry, what is the structure of your newest book, brief . Guest well, there are three sections. Fear, fly and fortune. It is a letter, a series of letters to my son but its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and the worry that comes along with being the parent about black children in particular at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy and excellence and self regard, much of which i think one finds the lesson for an extraordinary tradition which we have to draw from. Host where did you come up with the idea to write your sons a letter . Guest i have written some letters privately for years and my editor at beacon press said is this something youd be interested in doing in large part because ado talk about my children all the time and i write posts about them on social media and initially, you know, i think what we both had in mind with something that was probably bit more
About last thursday, we talked about gabriel conspiracy, richmond 1800, and the way it reflects the complexity of slavery. Slavery was a relationship between individuals, and it was endlessly complex. With gabriel, we saw some of the ways an enslaved person could enjoy some freedom within their bondage. Different practices of power influenced the way different people experienced slavery. Today we will talk through some of those practices of power. Our Big Questions today are broadly about this. We will come back to these questions at the end of class, questions about the way labor influence lives of enslaved people in the south, and the particular tools available to both enslaved people and slave owners in power struggles. In the early 19th century, slaveowners moved massive number of people into cotton territories. They made massive amounts of money based on the violent extraction of labor. Enslaved people worked and lived together and cultivated their own kinds of power through relat
Conspiracy and it was endlessly complex. With gabriel we saw some of the ways that an enslaved person could enjoy some kinds of freedom within their bondage. So different practices of power influenced the ways different people experienced slavery. Today well talk through some of those practices of power. Our Big Questions today are broadly about this. So well come back to these questions at the end of class, questions about the ways that labor influenced the lives of enslaved people in the south and the particular tools to enslaved people and slave owners in struggles over power. In the early 19th century slave owners moved massive numbers of enslaved people into cotton producing territories. Through physical force, slave owners compelled enslaved people to work, and they made massive amounts of money based on the violent extraction of labor. Enslaved people worked and cultivated their own kinds of power through relationships with one another. So slaves did a number of things that enab