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Market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do is set the stage for the bread riots, give you an idea for the conditions under which it occurred, and then ill talk about the riot itself and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keen. He wrote some insightful things. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. And he said flour in the city is 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Pound. 1. 25 per then he said the scheduled prices, which are often 50 below...

University of nebraska lincoln Professor William thomas, teaches a class on some of the lawsuits brought by slaves who sued for their freedom during the antibell lum period. He outlines the different legal arguments they used and emphasized how most suits affected not just one person but entire families. Okay, good morning, everybody. Lets get started. So today, our subject is freedom suits. Suits brought by enslaved families, and how they posed a challenge to the constitution, and under the constitution, how they posed a challenge to american slavery. Now, most of us are familiar with dread s...

With dred scott, d. John sandford and you all read chief Justice Roger tawnys opinion in dred scotts case. And you have read that opinion, and its notorious in American History, right . For the blatant racism in it, for the sanction that tawny gives to the concept of human property under the constitution, and for denying black citizenship, not only denying black citizenship, but denying even blacks as free, as persons under the constitution. And so, dred scott was one type of freedom suit, right . It was based on his physical presence in a free state, illinois, and his physical presence in wis...

With dread scott, d. John sandford and you all read chief Justice Roger tawnys opinion in dred scotts case. And you have read that opinion, and its notorious in American History, right . For the blatant racism in it, for the sanction that tawny gives to the concept of human property under the constitution, and for denying black citizenship, not only denying black citizenship, but denying even blacks as free, as persons under the constitution. And so, dred scott was one type of freedom suit, right . It was based on his physical presence in a free state, illinois, and his physical presence in wi...

This is bbc world news america reporting from washington. A show of force in support ofht gun r thousands rally in richmond, virginia,rotesting against new gun control law the case for the defense. President trumps lyers call impeachment a charade as the senate trial is about to get under way. The protest in iraq turn deadly. Three more people are killed as authorities clash with demonstrators. The Security Forces are now coming down the oramps it. Looks like theyre just using tear gas for now. Laura plus, finding the key to happiness in a london pub. How a single glass of wellbeing could impr...