Susan early on your latest book is an epic journey from slave to freedom. What makes their story particularly compelling to you. Ilyon woo i cant even begin to say what does not make it compelling for me i am obsessed with the story and have been for a really long time. I think what originally drew me to it was the phenomenal adventure story and their narrative, running 1000 miles to freedom which they published in 1860. It talks about this incredible escape they make. They are husband and wife enslaved in makem george at jaya georgia and they decide they are going to for freedom not with any underground railroad which does not reach south where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night. But they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave with william playing the role of the slave. That story grip me from the beginning. In their time how well were they . Ilyon woo they were quite wellknown known actually there is a quotation from Wendell Phillips who is a celeb
American products. [applause] [crowd chanting four more years] pres. Biden thank you, thank you. Hello wisconsin. Nick, thanks for the introduction. Before i get started, i went to set the record straight. Please sit. I went to a Catholic High School in delaware taught by the no 14 priests from saint norbert college, a little team called green bay. [crowd cheering] heres the deal. You are the only high school in delaware who overwhelmingly rooted for green bay. [laughter] pres. Biden not a joke. I will tell you why. Every single sunday, not only did they have a great team at the time, still do, but at the time, my theology professor at the Catholic School i went to was a guy named riley. Last name. He had been drafted by the Green Bay Packers and he decided to become a priest before that, so he didnt go. But for single solitary monday that green bay won, we got the last period of the day off. [laughter] [applause] now we catholics call that indirect bribery. [laughter] but it worked. I
Immigrants are starting to m it to. For the gold rush, and working on the railroads and mines and such. So our population is exploding and changing. At a dramatic rate. Susan do you know approximately how many enslaved persons were in the United States at the time . Ilyon woo thats another good question, i am not on top of the figures. Susan i wrote down, about 3 million. That is one of your historical figures referenced. We will use that number from your book. You also tell readers that we think about the fugitive slave law is something that came out of the compromise of 1850, but you remind your readers that George Washington actually signed fugitive slave legislation so it had been enforced since the very founding of the country. What did that early legislation mean for enslaved people, what did it do to their lives . Ilyon woo both the fugitive slave law, the 18th century fugitive slave law and a clause in the constitution itself, made it possible for, or legalized enslavers rights
seekers to rwanda, saying he will finish the job. rishi sunak insisted his new law would end the merry go round of legal challenges and insisted it was the toughest anti immgration law. he was speaking at a news conference in downing street after the immigration minister robertjenrick, resigned, saying the plans didn t go far enough. our political editor chris mason is in westminster the prime minister tonight stares down the narrowest footpaths, a general, a snicket, with high walls on either side. he faces political, practical and legal challenges, which means the whole future of the policy is on the line, and his authority is on the line too. autumn of last year. rishi sunak becomes prime minister, the rwanda plan is already six months old. but as the seasons turn, no migrants are sent to east africa. winter becomes summer, and still no planes are leaving. and then the supreme court, this autumn, said it was unlawful. the slogan on the lectern is familiar, and boat cross
taken by the military. israel has not said who the men are, but it has confirmed that its forces are making arrests in gaza. the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geo located the video there too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and th