Sway people to have an antislavery stance. And in order to do so, they felt they should have a newspaper because they could disseminate information which would convince them that slavery was a wrong and evil and it was actually hurting the country. Out of that meeting. And, remember, this is a year before michigan is actually a state. Out of that meeting came publication of a newspaper. And it was mostly led by two men. Theodore foster who came from new england. His father was a u. S. Senator. And reverend guy beckley who came from vermont. They managed to keep it going from 1841 through 1848 and thats really amazing when you look at the history of newspapers in this country. In 1842, we still have a newspaper being published by the executive committee of the Antislavery Society, and sullivan, who was the printer out of jackson county, michigan is still the printer. Thats going to change and beckly and foster are going to take over within a short time of managing the newspaper. This ne
The information that facebook has on over a billion people. They know your political preference, your sexual preference, who your friends are, what you like, your dogs name, all these sorts of things. In fact, one security analyst said, if the government had asked you directly for that sort of information, it would have taken money, it would have taken lawyers, it might have even taken guns to get you to cough up the information. But we routinely do so on social networks. We also dont think about the fact that our google searches are tracked. And so i also write mystery books. Ive looked at the white house. My google searches, if the fbi chose to look at them, would be very incriminating. Im looking at different date rape drugs and things like that for my mysteriemysteries. People may sitting there with their computer think theyre engaged in some secret activity, not knowing as if theres a big eyeball on the other end keeping track of the things you do. I know who you are and saw what
In the decades before the civil war. Therefore, it was extremely important to the citizens of this state in providing a way of looking. At national, state and local issues. As they affected slavery or as slavery affected them. In 1836 men, they were all men, from across the state of michigan, which was only sparsely settled at that time. Held in antislavery meeting. In ann arbor where we are. And one of their goals was to sway people to have an antislavery stance. In order to do so, they felt they should have a newspaper. Because they could disseminate information which would convince them that slavery was a wrong and evil and it was actually hurting the country. Out of that meeting. And remember, this is a year before michigan is actually a state. Out of that meeting came publication of a newspaper, led by two men, Theodore Foster who came from new england, his father was a u. S. Senator. And reverend guy beckley who came from vermont. They managed to keep it going from 1841 to 1848.
Broken apart in 1912. And when i figured out what was the difference in their leadership, it was teddys leadership, tafts leadership. So i started reading about the publications in the press, these guys stood at the center of it. They played a center role. Even the best historians will say these guys are the vanguard of the history. He came into my life. Roosevelt, taft, and the muckrakers, at 8 00, on cspans question and answer. All weekend long, American History tv is featuring ann arbor, michigan, cspans local content vehicles recently visited many sites exploring the rich history, learn more about ann arbor all weekend long on American History tv. It was extremely important the way they looked at slavery and how slavery affected them. In 1836, men, they were all men from across the state of michigan, which was only sparsely settled at that time, held an antislavery meeting in ann arbor, where we are. And one of their goals was to sway people to have an antislavery stance. And in or
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