The free party and the abolitionists in kansas, but it also was very welcoming to africanamericans. War, fugitivesl primarily from missouri would come to lawrence. They knew they had a chance to be rescued if they could make their way there. A lot of the free africanamericans also came to lawrence. What is interesting is that some of the folks in lawrence were conflicted with this issue. Wasthey knew was slavery wrong. They knew they needed to try to do something to end slavery. They knew they were breaking the law. They knew they would be broke thrown in jail. You can watch the entire Program Sunday at 11 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv, only an cspan3. Next, from the Buffalo Bills center of the west in next, from the Buffalo Bills center in wyoming. 1886, a Buffalo Bills show debuted at an american exhibition in london. The performance attracted tens of thousands of spectators, including european royalty. We care about how they show influence u. S. U. K. Relationships, a
Bless him, an associate dean of the college of humanities and at byu. He is also the editor of a book. His talk is entitled the special relationship as Popular Culture 1989 to 1906. Please join me in welcoming frank. [applause] thanks, bob. Echo has go stimulating this has been. I was going over my notes. I could spend half the talk making callbacks for yesterdays session. There were so many things i found helpful in my own thinking. I do have a couple of preparatory thoughts. From some things that Patty Limerick is said in her keynote yesterday. I really like her idea of what she calls Buffalo Bills studies, as fieldnotes. Field that identifies our collective project as inherently ecumenical. In its approach to scholarship, one that is called a by the nature of the subject. Was, i informal survey thought, was very helpful. She asked about the various backgrounds of those in the audience. I would like to think that the paper is working towards this vision in a variety ways. One of whic
He wrote a book called hello called buffalo bill in begonia. Where is our Marketing Panel . We still sold it in the gift shop. People loved that because Buffalo Bills name was on the cover there. Please join me in welcoming bob riddell. [applause] thank you all very much. I will be brief. I also want to add my voice of thanks to all the organizers in the last day today and tomorrow. This is a splendid series of events. The word fun does not get often get used in the context of academics. Fun is an appropriate word to use. These are delightful presentations. Im looking forward to the ones that are upcoming. The personal privilege, 100 years ago, a massive funeral. My grandfather and grandmother were there, along with my mother at age two. Somehow, these things come around. Let me introduce our first panelist. Frank christianson, i think most of you know frank and his work. He is an associate professor of english, associate dean, god bless him, an associate dean of the college of humanit
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