He reports upon the british invasion, slaves in virginia sought the freedom by escaping the british ships that were moored in the chesapeake bay. Mr. Terry book is called the internal enemy, a finalist for the 2013 National Book award for nonfiction. This is about one hour. Thank you for the very kind introduction. And im delighted to have the opportunity to present the book care because i would say about half of the writing and a big chunk of the research i did while i had a fellowship here at the International Center for jefferson studies. So i want to certainly an entry for that. I also want to thank my good friend, peter, for many acts of friendship and setting such a high bar as the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation chair in history at the university of virginia. I want to thank mary Scott Fleming for keeping the trains running on time for this particular presentation, to crest a 10 to chris for arranging this and helping manage the fellowship that i so profitably spent here
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