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Together the stories of the slave holders and the enslaved. Histories of enslaved people, advertisements, sales records, legal documents, Court Records and more. Two weeks ago here at the national a archives we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act, which ended slavery in the district of columbia in 1862. Ringgold claim iing harry goodm, a gift from her sister, was worth 50. They were her property received a number of reviews, stunning new book. The New York Times said it is a taught and coached and corrected that examine house historians have misunderstood and misrepresented white women as reluctant actors. And in the Washington Post elizabeth barren writes jonesrogers has provided an insight into slavery. Stephanie jonesrogers is an associate professor of history at the university of california, berkeley, where she spec ....
Understanding of our past egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. Jones rogers uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, sales records Court Documents and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of colombian 1862. Hey among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property has received a number of highly favora ....
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Talk we will have an author signing. Finally located across the lobby and finally we will have a question and answer session after the talk so come down to the microphone where you can ask questions and then you can access the microphone. Now want to turn to our speaker. The awardwinning investigative journalist and the twitter writers of the boston globe had the documentary series on pbs. Please join me to welcome our author. [applause] and with the introduction. Thank you to the Boston Public Library for sponsoring this event and to cspan books. Can everyone hear me . No. Into the stellar, columnist joining me later in the program so that is the format for 25 minutes or so and with the introduction of the highlights to you and then we will open the conversation i brought a few photos of material i also brought a few audio clips and some excerpts from interviews that i conducted while i was working on the book. On the morn ....
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