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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Lincoln And The Politics Of Slavery 20240712

And he argues that president lincoln was against slavery, but was willing to accept it in order to preserve the union. This is an hour and a half, hosted by the New York Historical society and the bryant park reading room. Thank you alex castle and paul room arrow. And thanks to the Bryant Park Corporation and the bryant park reading room, and the hsbc corporation and all those who have made it possible for me to appear here tonight. Its a particular privilege to speak here in new york city. Already, in 1860, as it remains today, new york was the nerve center of the nation. The herald, the tribune, the times, the three most influential and widely read newspapers in the United States, were publish right here. Each provides the historian with a wealth of insights, and each informs my presentation tonight. Here ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Lincoln And The Politics Of Slavery 20240712

Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 lilienth. Lincoln won the 1860 president ial election because he carried every free state except for a divided electoral vote in new jersey. So he compiled a clear majority in the Electoral College and as we all know, of course, it is electoral votes that count. He also amassed far more popular votes than any of the other three candidates. But his plurality victory gained only 40 of the nationwide popular vote. He got no electoral votes and hardly any popular votes in the south. He was not on the ball loballotn Southern States. As we have seen an articulate ideological minority of republicans did consider slavery a moral problem, but mainstream republican moderates always said slavery was beyond their reach. Lincolns victory shocked the south. Throughout ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Clotilda Slave Ship Descendants Reunion 20240712

Parts of the spirits of our ancestors festival. We spoke with organizer Joycelynn Davis. The spirit of our ancestors festival is a day to set aside to commemorate the descendents of the clotilda. Various festivals that started back in the 1980s from the original founders of the descendents association, and i guess it stopped for a while, so i decided to start it up again. And i was reading the book, the flagship clotilda and the makers of africatown. That is how i came up with the title. I was looking for a title, but you know, a lot of things were not ringing a bell. When i was reading her book, i was like, spirit of our ancestors just jumped at me. You greeted everyone and there was a point where you had descendents speak. How did you come up with your program . Well, growing up here in africatown and attending the missionary baptist church, there was a bust of cudjoe lewis in front of our church all of my life, and back in 200 ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Civil War Civil War Defenses 20171119

Defended the reputation. As well as the inability of soldiers to defend themselves against germs and infection. This hour and 15 minute talk was art of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. I am pleased to introduce our esteemed panel tonight. I have asked a variety of voices, some of those who are a emerging from a variety of perspectives some of whom we will hear from this weekend and some of those who are here exclusively tonight. The idea is to talk about great defense. For those of you who have come in previous years this conversation is apt to wobble in all sorts of interesting and fun ways. I am going to pitch a couple of softballs, lets talk a little bit and then we will open things up to the floor because we want this to be a conversation for you to have the opportunity to pick the brains of some of the finest historians we have here. I am going to start to my immediate right with my great polish brother. People like chris, that still does not narrow it down. Chri ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Civil War Civil War Defenses 20171104

I have asked a variety of voices, some of those who are a emerging from a variety of perspectives some of whom we will hear from this weekend and some of those who are here exclusively tonight. Greatea is to talk about defense. Whof you who cant have come in previous years this conversation is apt to wobble in all sorts of interesting and fun ways. I am going to pitch a couple of softballs, lets talk a little bit and then we will open things up to the floor because we want this to be a conversation for you to have the opportunity to pick the brains of some of the finest historians we have here. I am going to start to my immediate right with my great polish brother. People like chris, that still does not narrow it down. Of thes the director memorial town in north folk. If you ever have a chance to see it i know it is the civil war not world war ii. Chris likened it to me in a description, it is like being in charge of a president ial library and you can see what impact macarthur had wit ....

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