interests includes slavery gender 19th century legal history digital history and the american civil war. her recent book at the threshold of liberty women slavery and shifting identities in washington dc examines african-american women strategies of self-definition in the context of slavery fugitivity courts schools streets, and the meant during the civil war era she is currently completing a second book the demands of justice enslaved women capital crime and clemency an early, virginia 1705 to 1865 to be published by the university of north carolina press. speaking today on at the threshold of liberty black women in wartime, washington we welcome to mika nunley to the program. thank you, michelle. and thank you to the abraham lincoln institute for having me today. i ll go ahead and begin throughout the american civil war african-american women and girls tested the scope of emancipation policies leverage the conditions of war and redefined the meaning of liberty in the nation
her research and teaching interests includes slavery gender 19th century legal history digital history and the american civil war. her recent book at the threshold of liberty women slavery and shifting identities in washington dc examines african-american women strategies of self-definition in the context of slavery fugitivity courts schools streets, and the meant during the civil war era she is currently completing a second book the demands of justice enslaved women capital crime and clemency an early, virginia 1705 to 1865 to be published by the university of north carolina press. speaking today on at the threshold of liberty black women in wartime, washington we welcome to mika nunley to the program. thank you, michelle. and thank you to the abraham lincoln institute for having me today. i ll go ahead and begin throughout the american civil war african-american women and girls tested the scope of emancipation policies leverage the conditions of war and redefined the meanin
american history at oberlin college and conservatory in ohio. although she will soon be joining the faculty in the history department of cornell university. at oberlin she created the history design lab which allows students to develop scholarly projects that involve methodological approaches such as digital humanities public history creative nonfiction and curatorial practices. her research and teaching interests includes slavery gender 19th century legal history digital history and the american civil war. her recent book at the threshold of liberty women slavery and shifting identities in washington dc examines african-american women strategies of self-definition in the context of slavery fugitivity courts schools streets, and the meant during the civil war era she is currently completing a second book the demands of justice enslaved women capital crime and clemency an early, virginia 1705 to 1865 to be published by the university of north carolina press. speaking today on
hi, everyone. thanks for joining us. it was a mixed bag of winter weather across t area. lauren joins us now with the latest from the forecast. lauren, we need a warm up like now. i know. you re absolutely right. we do need a warm upth out e. live city camera. it s a little hot right there. not hot outsidot but just at the view right there. listen, we need a warm up cause check thi out. those temperatures are still almost where they were when you walked out door early this morning. 6:00, 7:00 a.m. if you were up that early. the temperatures have not budged. 30 degrees in winchester. 32 in leesburg, 38 in washington. those temperatures right around the freezin we could have a few icy spots, especially s towards tn doe wa valley, but the wind is really helping to dry out the roads out there. you can see we ve got nothing on the radar. we havefhe mix rain and snow and sleet and all that has now moved out of our area. but we re going to tk about those winds and when they ll die
street. you can rest easy today. more importantly, this young professional woman, and her family, can begin to rebuild. reporter: so how did police catch an accused rape is in less than three days? they say, three reasons: a cooperative victim, traceable technology, great detectives. it is good investigative work. good instincts by the investigators having the right people there at the right time. reporter: twenty-eight year-old milton mateo garcia identified, arrested and charged. police say this is him, early saturday morning on spruce, forcing the victim into her apartment before police say he beats, rapes, and then robs her. this appears to have been a crime of opportunity. reporter: police say have after the attack garcia stole her keys and her phone. they traced it here to this neighborhood in south philadelphia. detectives pinpointed this home on eighth street, where garcia was living with at least three other men, and this woman. in spanish, she tells us t