dr. bell has presented many topics related to american history and early revolution period over the past of the last several years. he received phd from harvard and ba from university of cambridge in england. he s associate professor history in maryland in college park where he specialize in american early history and cultural history and has been honored with more than half dozen teaching awards. the american society of 18th century studies bestowed his award on topic of ordinary lives in the american revolution. and his book stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery into their astonishing journey which tells the true story of five boys smuggled into slavery in the deep south and dairy escape to bring their captors to justice is being published by simon and schuster in october. thank you once again for joining us, please join me in welcoming dr. rick bell. [ applause ] all right, folks, thanks to heather. thanks to cspan for covering this. those who might have been h
casts. next on american history tv richard belle talks about the declaration of independence. the smithsonian associates hosted this event. dr. bell presented many outstanding programs for us on topics relating to early american history and the american revolutionary period in the course of the past several years. he got his degree from the university of cambridge. he is an associate professor of history in college park where he specializes in early american history. the american society of 18th century studies be stowed thash course design award on the under graduate course. and his book, stolen, it is a true story about five boys kidnapped in the north and smuggled into slavery in the deep south and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice being published in october. so thank you again for joining us, and help many welcome dr. rick bell. thanks to heather and c-span for covering this. many of you will not be surprised to hear my strange accent
innovative course award on the topic of ordinary lives in the american revolution. and his book stolen, which tells the true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the north and smuggled into slavery in the deep south is being published in october. so thank you once again for joining us this evening. and without any further ado, please join me in welcoming dr. rick bell. all right, folks, thanks to heather and c-span for covering this. those of you might have heard me give other programs won t be surprised to hear my strange accept which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. i born and raised in england yet find myself teaching about american revolution, which is a blessing and a curse in an under graduate classroom to teach with an accent like this. i m very proud where i grew up. i often carry in my back pocket on occasions like this a giant british flag, which i might drape around the scenery for c-span to drink in. but i was also naturalized as a u.s. citizen
hour and higher would be in the hills, one thousand feet and above. remember we ll have sustained wind less than that, 15 to 25-mile-per-hour. a sustained wind is the steady wind we experience. also, low humidity possibly down to 5%. we re tracking the hour by hour wind forecast plus details on possible rainfall. coming up in 15 minutes. we ll see you shortly. look at this now. captiving the dangerous sight on surveillance camera oud of a home in the elbowed hills late monday into tuesday morning. embers raining down from the four alarm fire. this was part of breaking news coverage that night. tonight the people in that neighborhood are concerned. nbc bay area jodi hernandez continues coverage and joins us now in the oakland hills. reporter: a red flag warning in december is something folks here in oakland just can t remember happening before. and that has people up here in the oakland hills nervous. this is some of the damage when fire broke out here monday night. toni
1776. just so you know, today s the last day we ve extended our museum hours to 7:00 p.m. the parchment sheet on display upstairs, though now much faded, is the original official version of the declaration of independence. many versions have since have been made since congress approved it. most notably the dunlap broadside printed on paper on the night of july 4th, 1776 and several facsimile reproductions made in the early 1800s. today, with the copy of the declaration of independence, recently uncovered bu our two guests, danielle allen and emily sneff. this parchment document, the sussex declaration, is the same size as the original declaration on display in the ro dotunda an dates from 1780s. a notable feature of the sussex declaration is the arrangement of the signatures. they re not arranged by state delegation as they are on our declaration, and other early versions and danielle and emily will give us their theories on what this new arrangement thmay mean. before we t