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You are in for more surprises this afternoon. S, ifirst speaker is ed ayre feel like he needs no introduction to the richmond community, but i will introduce him. He has received the National Humanities level from president obama at the white house and served as president of the organization of american historians and won the bancroft prize for distinguished writing in American History. He has served as the founding chair of the board of the American Civil War museum. Of americasfuture past, a T...

Feel like he needs no introduction to the richmond community. But i will still introduce them. He has received the National Professor of the year. He has received the National Humanities medal from president obama at the white house and served as president of the organization of american historians and won the bancroft prize for distinguished writing in American History. He has served as the founding chair of the board of the American Civil War museum. Ed hosts the future of americas past, a Tel...

Conspiracy and it was endlessly complex. With gabriel we saw some of the ways that an enslaved person could enjoy some kinds of freedom within their bondage. So different practices of power influenced the ways different people experienced slavery. Today well talk through some of those practices of power. Our Big Questions today are broadly about this. So well come back to these questions at the end of class, questions about the ways that labor influenced the lives of enslaved people in the south...

Schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david light david light. David blight. Laura to recognize washington and Mercedes Franklin , who are cochairs of our frankly Frederick Douglas counsel. Members who all have joined us today. I want to recognize a longstanding and special friend of New York Historical who has joined us this morning. Enke for everythin...

Resulting expansion of both slavery and the cotton industry impacted the relationship between owners and the enslaved. Prof. Bonner i want to go ahead and get into it, good morning, welcome back, good to see you today. What we are going to do is think through some Big Questions about Power Dynamics in american slave societies today. Part of this is like building on to what we talked about last thursday, we talked about gabriel conspiracy, richmond 1800, and we talked the way it reflects the comp...

Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and emancipation. I would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, Arnold Bernard schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. I want to say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Dougl...

He tape this on may 20th he died on may 27th. [inaudible conversations] good evening i delighted to have you here of where we are the stories that many of us have never heard before. But the thing that i really like is tonights author is typical of the type of author that we have here. I encourage you about upcoming authors and 60 minutes correspondent scott kelly to talk about the stories he has done over the years i have read the book its fascinating but we have wonderful author programs i wou...

He tape this on may 20th he died on may 27th. [inaudible conversations] good evening i delighted to have you here of where we are the stories that many of us have never heard before. But the thing that i really like is tonights author is typical of the type of author that we have here. I encourage you about upcoming authors and 60 minutes correspondent scott kelly to talk about the stories he has done over the years i have read the book its fascinating but we have wonderful author programs i wou...

The stories that many of us have never heard before. But the thing that i really like is tonights author is typical of the type of author that we have here. I encourage you about upcoming authors and 60 minutes correspondent scott kelly to talk about the stories he has done over the years i have read the book its fascinating but we have wonderful author programs i would encourage you to pick up a sheet i would also encourage you to come back to the museum. We have a fabulous exhibit call georgia...

On the making of his online project, the valley of the shadow government which tells the story of the civil war from the perspective of two communities, one northern and 17. The talk was part of the Gettysburg College civil war. Nstitute annual Summer College good afternoon. I am Peter Carmichael, member of the History Department at Gettysburg College. Welcome pleasure to professor edward airs for the robert bloom lecture. Rightthe top your boat professor of the humanities and Professor Emeritus...