The impending crisis symposium. It is a very great pleasure now for me to introduce dr. Adam ip smith, the edward osborn, professor of u. S. Political history and director of the Rothermere American Institute at the university of oxford with a specialism in the political history of the United States in the 19th century. Dr. Smiths perspective will be invaluable to our discussions today. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. Adam smith. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, rob. And good morning, everyone. Its wonderful to see you all here. And its fantastic honor for me to have been invited to take part in this symposium. Its always great to have a reason to come back to richmond, which is a city that i like very much indeed. My talk this morning is going to build, i think, i hope very nicely on Richard Blackett talk, which you just heard, the fugitive slave act of 1850, which was obviously the centerpiece of what he was talking about this morning, was one of the most consequenc
Welcome back, everyone to session to the second session of the impending crisis symposium. It is a very great pleasure now for me to introduce dr. Adam ip smith, the edward osborn, professor of u. S. Political history and director of the Rothermere American Institute at the university of oxford with a specialism in the political history of the United States in the 19th century. Dr. Smiths perspective will be invaluable to our discussions today. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. Adam smith. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, rob. And good morning, everyone. Its wonderful to see you all here. And its fantastic honor for me to have been invited to take part in this symposium. Its always great to have a reason to come back to richmond, which is a city that i like very much indeed. My talk this morning is going to build, i think, i hope very nicely on Richard Blackett talk, which you just heard, the fugitive slave act of 1850, which was obviously the centerpiece of what he was
Welcome back, everyone to session to the second session of the impending crisis symposium. It is a very great pleasure now for me to introduce dr. Adam ip smith, the edward osborn, professor of u. S. Political history and director of the Rothermere American Institute at the university of oxford with a specialism in the political history of the United States in the 19th century. Dr. Smiths perspective will be invaluable to our discussions today. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. Adam smith. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, rob. And good morning, everyone. Its wonderful to see you all here. And its fantastic honor for me to have been invited to take part in this symposium. Its always great to have a reason to come back to richmond, which is a city that i like very much indeed. My talk this morning is going to build, i think, i hope very nicely on Richard Blackett talk, which you just heard, the fugitive slave act of 1850, which was obviously the centerpiece of what he was
But one out of my class that i have no, i never thought about. Welcome back, everyone to session to the second session of the impending crisis symposium. It is a very great pleasure now for me to introduce dr. Adam ip smith, the edward osborn, professor of u. S. Political history and director of the Rothermere American Institute at the university of oxford with a specialism in the political history of the United States in the 19th century. Dr. Smiths perspective will be invaluable to our discussions today. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. Adam smith. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, rob. And good morning, everyone. Its wonderful to see you all here. And its fantastic honor for me to have been invited to take part in this symposium. Its always great to have a reason to come back to richmond, which is a city that i like very much indeed. My talk this morning is going to build, i think, i hope very nicely on Richard Blackett talk, which you just heard, the fugitive slave
Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, historians discuss the social and political impact of several events leading up to the civil war. Including the fugitive slave act and abolitionist john browns raid on a federal armory at harpers fairy. Erry. This was part of Yale Universitys Gilder Lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition. This was the most fun to , deciding which events, which problems, which moments of the precivil war era would we represent. Said, thisanna and is one you should moderate. Speak on no, i want to it. [laughter] which is great. Hook herst trying to into being moderator. The shock of events. The passage by douglas at the nation, the way he put it, not educated by theory, they are taught by events. We all know, we lived through events that no one predicts. Who predicted pearl harbor . Some people, sort of. Who predicted the end of the cold war in 89 . 9 11 . Last ye