In 1861. It started in these refugee camps. Im going to start with two stories. The first one might be familiar. The story of how the contraband decision got handed down. It happened Important Role virginia. Baker,ownsend, James Shepherd mallory get a boat where the union just arrived. There are confederates all around and these gentlemen had been building confederate fortifications for their master. They knew they were about to go to North Carolina and would be leaving their families and they decided to chance it. Next morning, a confederate soldier comes under flag of truce and says, please return the slaves. Were rebels really entitled . Werent they foreign country . You say you are a foreign country. Said, im confiscating these three men as contraband property of war. He even gave the confederate soldier a receipt. This spreads incredibly quickly. It is an in between status. Property likee of smuggled goods but you are a person. But whatever the ambiguities of contraband, it defini
The first royal governor who took office in 1710. It was all it was also the home of our first state governors. Patrick henry and Thomas Jefferson. And have a very orderly design. It was the thirdlargest building in town. It consisted not only of the building we are standing in, but there was a can now, a scullery, a laundry, kitchen. We know that one governor actually had 5000 models in his cellar. The house today is a reconstructed building on an architectural site. It was open to the public in 1934. Since then it has undergone refurbishing and interpretations. One governor arrived in 1774. At the end of that year, lady dunmore gave birth to a daughter. Unfortunately, things went sour between the relationship of the governor and the virginians, and in 1775, the governor and his family fled in darkness, never to return again. Today, we have furnished the building as accurately as we can. We used primary documents such as inventory taken when the governor died, when an inventory would
Kraoeufp and americas god. Recent essays include treatment canada, the in 300th anniversary celebration of the King James Version of the and catholic uses of scripture in 19th century america. Today he will speak on his new book which is available outside seminar in beginning as the word the bible and American Public life 1492 to 1783. Mark noll. Mr. Noll thanks for the opportunity of being here and especially to the Woodrow Wilson center, american historical association, the National History seminar. To be in ivilege washington on a warm november day. The image on the screen is the english language bible published in north america. Aiken had done printing for the Continental Congress and made with eak was britain where the monopoly for King James Bible was held by the kings printers here was an opportunity to publish in english the bible in the United States. Will be indicate i couldnt have of the history i will talk about today is the procedure that led to the printing of this bible.
Sundays at 8 00 eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Coming up next, on American History tv, Harvard University lertcandidate luke wil talks about 19thcentury detective work in the west. He talks about why they were needed in the west, and why they worked undercover. This is about 20 minutes. Luke, when did you first decide to focus your studies on the law in the west . Graduatestarted school in colonial america, but then i was in laramie, detective papers. They were completely fascinating. I did not expect to see them. At that point, i decided to switch into detectives and wyoming, and the mountain west. Host what did you find out about these detectives that really intrigued you . Have been justes about everywhere in the 19th century west. The first one i ever saw was in a saloon, trying to talk to everyone he could. Drinks. Uying everybody they are all undercover private detective. They were salesmen, travelers, posed asse, one woman a doctor. Host why would detectives be in th
Radio. For background on each case, order your copy of the companion available for 8. 99 plus shipping and cspan. Org landmark cases. This week, Elizabeth Gray talks about the use and Public Opinions on opium and a num of them lauda they were usually upperclass women who were prescribed the drug by their doctors. It was more socially acceptable for them to drink. This created a gender divide between alcoholics and opium addicts. Her classes 45 minutes. Prof. Gray good morning. We are looking at the issue of drug addiction in 19thcentury, or habitual drug use. This is before the concept of addiction had been understood. We will look at how that develops, a social meaning. Even though we are going to look at addiction and america, i have mentioned one of the things we will focus on is not america but on england and a man name tomas dequincy. Who can tell us who was Thomas Dequincy . He was an upper class gentlemen, he came to use opium and laudanum for the relief of a toothache in 1804 a