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Thank you, paul. And thank you all for coming out today. Why are you in here, anyway . I cannot speak for the other speakers, but it is rare for me at least to have the u. S. Senate imposed on the structure i am standing before. It is a privilege and an honor, and i am happy to be here. Congress came together in december 1865 for the First Time Since early march. The war had ended, we were told, and slavery was over too, we were told, but that made for Big Questions left unanswered. And if we assume, as it is so easy to do, that former slaves must clearly not the citizens, we somehow conflate the turbulent events over the next year or two, or three. And i want to catch the wave early on in that unfolding history. The 15th amendment had been shepherded through congress the previous january, thanks to congressman spielberg. Congress had to face its implications. When they met ....
It had become increasingly clear across the war that the abolition of slavery was a likely outcome. And of course, the objective of winning that war had always been a primary pursuit. Suddenly, you get the two in combination, and each left a huge combination to be addressed. What would the now suddenly former Confederate States be . And how to treat them. And who would the nowformer slaves be . What should be their status. Lawmakers, federal or state, had multiple models to work from as they tried to address the question of former slaves. One was white freedom. The same rights, responsibilities, and resources that occurred to anybody, regardless of race. Not regardless of race. Regardless of gender. Of class, of locale, of all the kinds of things. But it requires the antecedent adjective. There was black slavery to be moved away from to some degree. At least two models between countries the former slaves could populate. One wo ....
And has another book out on the famous case of loving versus virginia, which will be out in 2014, called race, sex, and freedom to marry loving versus virginia. It is an honor and a privilege to introduce peter to all of you and turn the podium over to him. [applause] thank you, paul. And thank you all for coming out today. Why are you in here, anyway . I cannot speak for the other speakers, but it is rare for me at least to have the u. S. Senate imposed on the structure i am standing before. It is a privilege and an honor, and i am happy to be here. Ingress came together december 1865 for the First Time Since early march. Told,r had ended, we were and slavery was over too, we were told, but that made for Big Questions left unanswered. And if we assume, as it is so easy to do, that former slaves must clearly not the citizens, we somehow conflate the turbulent events over the ....
It is my honor to be the director of this symposium. I have been with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society for the past decade. This afternoon, we will begin with a paper by peter wallenstein. Peter is a professor of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and state university, known to the rest of the world as virginia tech. He has written a number of books on the history of the south, starting with his first book, from slaves south to new south Public Policy in 19thcentury georgia. And he has written a book on the history of interracial marriage, and has another book out on the famous case of loving versus virginia, which will be out in 2014, called race, sex, and freedom to marry loving versus virginia. It is an honor and a privilege to introduce peter to all of you and turn the podium over to him. [applause ....