Vance is a big liar with abandon. Those are three of my many takeaways of your show that i just watched. Those are some good topline. Better than chatgpt could do. Yes, very good. Well, i was actually watching. Have a great night, chris. Thank you so much. Thanks, jen. So, this is the little, white schoolhouse in ripken, wisconsin. That is literally it s name which is so quaint. The little white schoolhouse. It was built over 170 years ago, back in 1853. That unassuming little gable roofed building that you see right there is still there today, still standing there today, because in 1854 just one year after the little white schoolhouse was built a group of people got together in that little white schoolhouse, and came up with an idea that would end up changing the course of history, in many ways. At least, political history. At the time, america was hotly divided over the question of state slavery in the newly established kansas and nebraska territories. The people who met in that buil
Sun December 13, 2020
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Margaret Vilas Chair of Latin American History Evelyn Jennings
Her publisher, LSU Press, will host a virtual event on Facebook featuring Jennings on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m. EST as part of their Remote Author Series. She will read and discuss selections from her book.
According to the publisher, “‘Constructing the Spanish Empire in Havana’ examines the political economy surrounding the use of enslaved laborers in the capital of Spanish imperial Cuba from 1762 to 1835. Jennings demonstrates that the Spanish state’s policies and practices in the ownership and employment of enslaved workers after 1762 served as a bridge from an economy based on imperial service to a rapidly expanding plantation economy in the 19th century.”