Challenged after a tax law eliminated the penalty for not having healthcare insurance. Listen to the oral arguments live at 10 am eastern on cspan, live a report or on the cspan radio app. Hello and welcome to the atlantic History Centers virtual talk series, im sylvia prescott. Tonight i am talking about his new book on were the republic, the dispossession of native americans in indian territory. Purchase the book directly from a cappella books , theres a link in the chat and theres also a link provided on the atlantic institute. As claudia and i are talking about please use the q and a feature atthe bottom of your screen. And i will take as many as time allows. He is professor of american history, codirector of the virtual history and associate director of the institute of native american studies. He is the author of three previous books on american history, west of the revolution, black white and indian and a new order. Claudio saunt, thank you for joining us and welcome. Thank you
Hello welcome to the Atlanta History Center for the author talk series and your post tonight i and talking with Claudio Saunt his book on were the republic. You can purchase the book directly from the link in the chat on your screen. Please let your questions on the q a feature at the bottom of your screen and i will try to get to as many as time allows. Professor of American History code director for ritual history associate director at university of georgia and three previous books a native American History. Rest of the revolution, black white and indian and a new order of things. Thank you to the atlanta history sent on center for sponsoring this event. So many histories at the explosive of the negative ability. You cover a lot the political and economic motivation. And two thirds of what became mississippi and its not just how much land it was the most valuable Agricultural Land in the world at the time. And removal is part of the southern story but the indian people in the north a
Institute of native american studies. Author of three previous books. West of the revolution. Thank you so much for joining us and welcome. Let me think the atlanta history center. Unworthy republic challenges the idea that some histories have the expulsion of the how much land first that they own in the southeast in the decades before the 1830s. They are a huge amount of half of alabama and two thirds of what became mississippi about a fifth of georgia. And its not just about how much land they own. But how much valuable the land was probably in the entire world. At the time. It covered the entire United States. We think of it as a southern story. And it mostly was. The indian people in the north who were removed as well. They are much smaller. By the early 19th century. You do cover a number of other tribes. I know that it is different from tribe to tribe and state to state. What kind of autonomy do they head in the south. What kind of autonomy do they head in the south. It was also
Significance that affected the entire country. And not simply an unfortunate policy carried out by a single president. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website, cspan. Org histor cspan. Org history. The president s just released in paperback. Presents biographies of every president. Visit our website, cspan. Org thepresident s and order your academy today, wherever books are sold. Next, American History tv speaks with history professor paul kelton about the spread of cholera in the 1800s. And how it affected native americans. Paul kelton, professor of history at Stony Brooke University and the author of a number of books, including epidemics and enslavements, lets talk about the cholera epidemic. First of all, what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s . Well, the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics that started cholera is a disease thats endemic to south asia and it spread out of south asia into europe. And theres a ma
,. The color or epidemics one of the most global epidemics that started. Its spread out of south asia into europe. In 1831 1832, its spread across europe. American side coming and heard about it through the newspapers. The rise of america in 1832. It spreads across america and remains in circulation in 1833 and 34. It was a global pandemic. It affected millions of people. What were its symptoms . What was the prognosis if you got kaletra . You would not want it, for sure. It is a bacterial disease that spreads through the water. It quickly incubates in the body and creates massive diarrhea within six hour period someone would lose a massive amount of fluid. The body would go into spasms. It would turn blue. That was one of the tell tale science. The body which shut down because of massive dehydration. Death could ensue within six hours. Though not everyone died. But it was certainly a devastating disease. Symptoms were very telling so people knew what it was. Was there any treatment .