Report recorded this conversation. You might recognize my voice, because in previous life streams, im usually the guy behind the camera, and im reading questions from our audience as they come in so that we can directly engage with you while were talking to our first person interpreter actor bill barker, who portrays Thomas Jefferson. We wanted to do Something Different this week. Given the National Conversation and given events all around us, we know that 2020 has been a challenging year. Monticello has been closed for months. We reopen this weekend millions all over the country are actively fighting for equity against different forms of racial injustice, whether its racially motivated Police Violence or racially motivated monuments, memories. Its a conversation that we must engage in. And working here at monticello, we are a site of memory, and monticello is a plantation where over 400 people were enslaved. Today we decided that, to have a conversation, we would do something we haven
Be here today and we are so appreciative of it. Tonight i am beyond thrilled to have Morgan Jerkins with us to tolerate the release of her new book wandering in strange lands. Morgan jerkins is the author of the New York Times bestseller this will be my undoing quite thoroughly recommended. And the Senior Editor at sora come shes also a visiting professor at columbia university, her short form work has been featured in the new yorker, New York Times, the atlantic, rolling stone, l, esquire and the guardian among many others, she is based in harlem. Joining morgan and conversation is abborn and raised in jackson mississippi professor of english and creative writing at the university of mississippi the author of the long Long Division and the collection of xrays essays, how to slowly kill yourself and others in america. Also author of the men were heavy, shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie medal named one of the best books in 2018 by the young defeated, New York Times novel shows weekly,
And before becoming involved in history interpretation, is my new book, grandmother would remind me as a child, slaverys tell you the story of the people. My interest is telling the story of the people. Clearly, people of african ancestry arrive in the americas and the british north america, or the west indies and south american, as we arrived under the most perilous and difficult circumstances if human slavery. On the other hand, we persevered. The fact that so many of us of African Heritage exist in newport, boston, new york, or betos, or anywhere in the western hemisphere is a testament to her perseverance. Settled in 16 39 newport, rhode island would grow to become one of the most active ports and also became the most active slave port. Between 17 or five in 1805, newport merchants within road island were responsible for nearly 1000 slave from rhode island to the south african coast to the west indies and back to rhode island. They transported about 100,000 africans back to the new
Interpretations at monticello. In previous live streams, i am they got behind the camera reading questions from our audience as they come in, so we can engage with you while we are talking to our first person, interpreter actor bill barker, who portrays Thomas Jefferson. We wanted to do Something Different this week. Given the National Conversation and given that it is all around been aknow 2020 has challenging year. Monticello has been closed. We reopened this weekend. And in recent weeks in the united states, millions of arele all over the country actively fighting for equity against different forms of racial injustice, whether it is raciallymotivated Police Violence or raciallymotivated monuments, memories. It is a conversation that we must engage in. Weking here at monticello, are a site for memories. Monticello is a plantation where over 400 people were enslaved. We decided that to have a conversation, we would do something that we havent done. And i am sure everyone knows that wh
A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. The 300 years the most powerful nations on us grew rich and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children with full sibly transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south America Today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is alive it is thriving and it is bigger than ever. Throughout the 350 years of the Transatlantic Slave Trade more than a 3rd of the 12000000 slaves transported from africa was shipped to brazil. 123 years ago brazil became the last country in the americas to abolish slavery. 15 years ago brazil adopted an Innovative Program to eradicates modern slavery. Get today in one of the false this rising global economies up to a quarter of a 1000000 men and women are