Because of the covid pandemic we had to postpone this years in prison symposium and all the work kevin and dan did to get ready for that. We postponed until next year. Tickets are available at this time, but they also stepped up to make todays virtual symposium possible. Thank you, dan and kevin for your work. I would like to introduce our next speaker sarah kay bierle. Is the managing editor of emerging who was working behind civil war who was working behind the scenes to keep the blog up and going and to make sure that all of that free content is coming to you every day. Her work is invaluable to our organization. She is the author of call out the cadet. She is also at work on the biography of the gallant pelham. She will present some of her Research Associated with that book today. Sarah kay bierle. Ms. Bierle good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Im not exactly sure when you will be viewing this, but i hope you are safe and well and we going to go ahead and dive right into th
That are available at this time. They also stepped up to make todays virtual symposium possible. Thank you for your work. I would like now to introduce our next speaker. Barely. Y the managing editor of emerging civil war who was working behind the scenes to keep the blog up and going and to make sure that all of that free content is coming to you every day. Her work is invaluable to our organization. She is the author of call out the cadet a book series. She is also at work on a biography of the gallant pelham. Herwill present some of Research Associated with that book. Sarah kay barely. Bierle. Kay good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Im not exactly sure when you will be viewing this but i hope you are safe and well and we going to go ahead and ive right into the history. As chris said, i will be sharing some about the research i have been doing about the stewart artillery and john pelham but we will take a much broader range on it. We wont the focused on that unit or artiller
Race and democracy in the Nations Capital. He decided to cowrite a century story about race and democracy he and washington d. C. Me, why did you decide to know what down to washington d. C. And why not give yourself a more narrow window of time . We read about dc because there was a need with a lot of New Residence knowing what they were getting into felt the old city slipping away and wanted to make sure the other people knew the story and there had been a good book on race in 50 years and we wanted to fill the void. The reason we meet at 400 years is that most of the books about the city had neglect and really in racial populations in the city. In particular the native american population, so we wanted to in the historical beginning the first time we have written record in 1608 when john cook came up to Potomac River from jamestown and went to a native American Village on the bank of the river. Lets focus on the early american period and what was the racial makeup and that Nations C
And there hadnt been a good book on race in washington, d. C. , for about 20 years, so we wanted to fill that void. The reason we made it 400 years is because most of the books about the city ignored many racial populations in the city, in particular the native american population. So, we wanted to start in the historical beginning, the first time we have written records of washington, d. C. , which john smith came up the potomac and went to the native american settlement. Lets focus on the from the beginning, the racial makeup of the city, once congress got here in 1800, was about 20 africanamerican. D. C. Was carved out of prime plantation county. There were plantations in the middle of where the city is today. There was already a Large Population in the area. As the folks who were building the capitol decided to employ slaves and in certain cases free blacks on the Construction Projects of building the capitol, that population remained relatively constant through the antebellum peri