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there were slaves in new england. there were slaves in new england, even in deerfield williams had two of them, and he had purchased a few more, both of both of his slaves, frank and christina, were killed by the natives the night of the raid. and then the next night, and also lucy terry, prince preceded phillis wheatley, the first african-american poet. and so deerfield is now also marking the locations and places where we're both native american, had an important center field and were black. americans had an importance in deerfield. so the deerfield is very open to all this is in the conflict filling memorial association and memorial hall were really in documenting the black presence and the indian point of view in deerfield and that's really my favorite standalone museum in america. so i recommend if you're passing through deerfield, go to that for company memorial association, it's it's fun and very illuminating. yes, sir. thank you very much. mr. swanson. there's a great talk and i enjoyed your first book and loo
there were slaves in new england. there were slaves in new england, even in deerfield williams had two of them, and he had purchased a few more, both of both of his slaves, frank and christina, were killed by the natives the night of the raid. and then the next night, and also lucy terry, prince preceded phillis wheatley, the first african-american poet. and so deerfield is now also marking the locations and places where we're both native american, had an important center field and were black....
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he also asked for it back to england. he, despite a prohibition, allow jewish colonists to migrate to savannah. third oldest synagogue in america. he embrace back in england, the intellect of women. there was a group called the blue stockings and hannah moore was a member and they were reviled and criticized by misogynistic. i won't go there because i have a daughter, mia, although one of the few who rose in their defense. so i suggest to you and i hope you read the book, but read it with this in mind, georgia, your niece james oglethorpe today, america needs james oglethorpe today. we need leaders who are not afraid to when they are wrong, admit you're wrong, but work towards not just changing yourself. because if you can change yourself, you can ultimately change the world. which is what james oglethorpe did. we need james oglethorpe to teach us to be a bridge is to see humanity. the original motto of our colony became a state was not for self, but for others, not for political persuasion. who but for others? not for my
he also asked for it back to england. he, despite a prohibition, allow jewish colonists to migrate to savannah. third oldest synagogue in america. he embrace back in england, the intellect of women. there was a group called the blue stockings and hannah moore was a member and they were reviled and criticized by misogynistic. i won't go there because i have a daughter, mia, although one of the few who rose in their defense. so i suggest to you and i hope you read the book, but read it with this...
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she went england for the first time and lived much of the rest of her life in england, where the mi5, which is the sort of domestic security apparatus in the united kingdom, also tracked her, although that file has either been lost or, suppressed. i was not able to it. some interesting features about jones's file that want to mention to you so is a document taken from her file. when i first got my hands on that file, i expected see some really interesting stuff. i expected to see wiretaps. i accepted. i expected to see all kinds of secret agents alluded to i expected to see all kinds of covert operations of one kind or another. i was i don't want to say disappointed, but surprised when i read her file, it is it's kind of a boring slog. there's a thousand pages of it and a lot of it is boring. but that got me interested that that did to the quotidian nature of it and that the sort of reporting that the fbi use to keep track of what claudia jones became really interesting. me so this is one of the documents taken from claudia jones's file there are these long documents within the file t
she went england for the first time and lived much of the rest of her life in england, where the mi5, which is the sort of domestic security apparatus in the united kingdom, also tracked her, although that file has either been lost or, suppressed. i was not able to it. some interesting features about jones's file that want to mention to you so is a document taken from her file. when i first got my hands on that file, i expected see some really interesting stuff. i expected to see wiretaps. i...
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northern new york, new england and virginia. and he made it much to virginia his advantage, even at that time of the year because. he arrived in northern new york, new england in late may, early june. and he he that the summer in northern new york state, new england was not only hot but quote as hot as could be find and count as could be found in carolina or georgia. i, i suspect, indeed, that heat of northern climates may be more powerful than. those of southern ones in proportion, as they shorter there is as much fever, other bilious complaints on lake champlain as on the swamps of carolina find nothing. nothing anywhere else in point of climate which virginia need envy to any part the world. and i didn't quite feel that yesterday when i got off the plane, it was not quite what was was going on. and jeff well we know what was going on in jefferson's head. of course i do i do have remark that i have some summer neighborhood neighbors and east boothbay, maine, who live a good part the year in virginia not too far from here. but
northern new york, new england and virginia. and he made it much to virginia his advantage, even at that time of the year because. he arrived in northern new york, new england in late may, early june. and he he that the summer in northern new york state, new england was not only hot but quote as hot as could be find and count as could be found in carolina or georgia. i, i suspect, indeed, that heat of northern climates may be more powerful than. those of southern ones in proportion, as they...
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england was fighting germany. we were on the verge of instituting a draft. the easter rising had occurred in dublin, england, made the terrible mistake after suppressing the easter rising of executing 16 of its leaders. shot them at the tower of dublin castle, got terrible british terrible press all over the world for for that and st louis was always on the route where irish artist irish politicians always said louis, because there was such a big irish population throughout at the coliseum on jefferson, there was a huge rally 1916 and the the the german society was there with the irish society and the fenians and the and the hibernians. and the whole point was to argue that young irish american men should not enlist in the us army to fight in world war one alongside the british. the germans had never occupied ireland. the english had. we had no fight with the germans. our fight was still and would always be with the english until ireland was a free and united country. and there was a lot of applause. and you people, you know, people expressing their favor in
england was fighting germany. we were on the verge of instituting a draft. the easter rising had occurred in dublin, england, made the terrible mistake after suppressing the easter rising of executing 16 of its leaders. shot them at the tower of dublin castle, got terrible british terrible press all over the world for for that and st louis was always on the route where irish artist irish politicians always said louis, because there was such a big irish population throughout at the coliseum on...
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england. we have fewer guns, but but knives. but oftentimes they'll say it's because they need to protect themselves. and so, like with the gun situation, people say, i have to carry a knife because i don't i'm at risk. but of course. then what happens is they have the means. well, that's more stats and more sort of stated situation then this is much more insidious and unconscious, right? yeah. any other question since. yes. wait a minute. we you need you need the microphone. i believe will be our last question for the evening. thank you. thank. and a quick question on the reasons why women commit self-harm. you said something very interesting, which is, well, that's the domain that they live in. in other words, they their lives through their bodies. i mean, i've heard other explanations that are associated with eating disorders, control issues or, sexual pleasure. are the women conscious of the reasons why they're doing it. would you say which ones do you think they are prevalent? i mean, the women i've worked with in self-harm
england. we have fewer guns, but but knives. but oftentimes they'll say it's because they need to protect themselves. and so, like with the gun situation, people say, i have to carry a knife because i don't i'm at risk. but of course. then what happens is they have the means. well, that's more stats and more sort of stated situation then this is much more insidious and unconscious, right? yeah. any other question since. yes. wait a minute. we you need you need the microphone. i believe will be...
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england. so that's that's why you see them. so we're in bleeding to view the secondary attempt to impose not created be a democracy. that's the fearless party. so when we talk about the democratic republicans, jefferson, madison, now here's the thing i want you to keep in mind. madison is considered the father, the constitution. took the notes, put all this together boom. now he comes back and, says, well. did we go too far? did we get federal government too much power? all right. so he's thomas is influencing. all right. madison like robin to jefferson is bad me okay. he might be good on his own he changed change his costume but right now they're working the working of together and they are southerners. now wow so the federalist never said anything about ending slavery. you know, the democratic republicans are not not at all because what is their biggest product agriculture here? cotton all right. so all those things that are heavily dependent upon slave labor, this is where they're at each other, especially, you know, hamilto
england. so that's that's why you see them. so we're in bleeding to view the secondary attempt to impose not created be a democracy. that's the fearless party. so when we talk about the democratic republicans, jefferson, madison, now here's the thing i want you to keep in mind. madison is considered the father, the constitution. took the notes, put all this together boom. now he comes back and, says, well. did we go too far? did we get federal government too much power? all right. so he's...
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he, his cousin slash new wife and his three children from his first wife over to england. and he settles there. he summons the jilted ex-wife, who does not yet know. she's a jilted ex-wife to come to england and she arrives thinking she's going to be reunited with her husband and children. and instead he says, here's some papers them or you'll never see the children again and not knowing what to do. she the papers and leaves while appleton spends the next. eight years in exile living in england, his mother, meanwhile, is still working for pardon. after april of 1865, she stops trying get lincoln to pardon and she turns to andrew johnson. and in 1867 she met with andrew johnson and johnson was on the verge of pardoning appleton oak smith when the jilted ex-wife i sort of finds out, and she to the white house meets with andrew johnson says my ex-husband's a scoundrel, don't pardon him. and the great irony is that andrew johnson, the guy who pardoned every ex-confederate then refuses to pardon appleton oak smith. well, appleton remains in exile until 1872, when ulysses grant
he, his cousin slash new wife and his three children from his first wife over to england. and he settles there. he summons the jilted ex-wife, who does not yet know. she's a jilted ex-wife to come to england and she arrives thinking she's going to be reunited with her husband and children. and instead he says, here's some papers them or you'll never see the children again and not knowing what to do. she the papers and leaves while appleton spends the next. eight years in exile living in...
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she got as far as england, however, it didn't borders everything. it needed to steven hochman was the leader of the german feminist movement and very closely associated her with was a doctor anita augsburg. one was tall, the other was short fat. so is the collar. but yet? dr.. augsburg had brought into the professions and it was the first woman to become a doctor in germany to break in that you see this was what they were trying to do and they remained together for all the rest of their lives. ultimately, of course, were on list to be disposed of and they escaped and ended their lives. switzerland gertrude baer was a really remarkable figure. her father was a banker in hamburg, but was a strong feminist, used to drive out her mother back door. try get out the window night or go out at night to a meeting for a feminist. meeting. and her mother would let her in a she come in the window. she really kept the international alive. she would not did not get to the first congress. but she didn't have to really kept it alive by being carrying it on. and she
she got as far as england, however, it didn't borders everything. it needed to steven hochman was the leader of the german feminist movement and very closely associated her with was a doctor anita augsburg. one was tall, the other was short fat. so is the collar. but yet? dr.. augsburg had brought into the professions and it was the first woman to become a doctor in germany to break in that you see this was what they were trying to do and they remained together for all the rest of their lives....
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so washington had difficulty finding the ships in england. but thanks to the lucrative privateer business, there were no ships available up north. so he recommended that the congress look a little further south. so five merchant ships were eventually purchased and converted into warships in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the navy now had its first fleet. five converted merchant ships that were loaded and manned with cannons. but now it needed an admiral to command it and they selected this gentleman, isaac hopkins, 57 year old from providence, rhode island, who served as a privateer captain during the french and indian war. now, hopkins established largest of the five merchant vessels that alfred as his flagship that you see depicted in this painting. and he identified a young sailor named john paul jones to be the first lieutenant for the navy's first flagship. and gentlemen, we're asking about the flags earlier as the first fleet prepared to sail january of 1776. it raised flags on the alfred. congress had approved the grand flag that you see
so washington had difficulty finding the ships in england. but thanks to the lucrative privateer business, there were no ships available up north. so he recommended that the congress look a little further south. so five merchant ships were eventually purchased and converted into warships in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the navy now had its first fleet. five converted merchant ships that were loaded and manned with cannons. but now it needed an admiral to command it and they selected this...
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the german clergy during the war justify saying germany's war aims, the church of england and. i think we won't have time to explore this today, but think about the difference it makes to have nation with an established church and a nation with purely voluntary religious organizations like the united states, it's going to look very different. the russian orthodox church, maybe you've seen pictures of the battlefields. maybe you've seen pictures of soldiers preparing for battle on the eastern front. and there's an orthodox priest blessing the troops, blessing the weapons, blessing even something like a symbolic, a ceremonial drum for. the troops, the catholic in france, in italy, in austria and so on. as americans, we talk a lot and we debate a lot. church and state and we boast about our institutional constitutional separation of church and state. first, on the national level with the bill of rights, and then state by state even those states that held on to their churches such as massachusetts by the 1830s, there is no in the united states which has an established church, there
the german clergy during the war justify saying germany's war aims, the church of england and. i think we won't have time to explore this today, but think about the difference it makes to have nation with an established church and a nation with purely voluntary religious organizations like the united states, it's going to look very different. the russian orthodox church, maybe you've seen pictures of the battlefields. maybe you've seen pictures of soldiers preparing for battle on the eastern...
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jay was authorized to guarantee spanish sovereignty of florida if spain regained from england. you almost have to have a big map because the everything changes. i mean this war that war negotiations. it gets very complicated with because it goes back and forth. france had given louisiana and therefore the to spain but then napoleon conquered spain and so he took it all back. that's how france ends up selling french louisiana to america. they were three years after john jay in 1785, george washington wrote to the french judge fair, telling him of the power of hope in america, quote, wish, disagreeable consequence choices may not result from the content and contentions respect the navigation of the misses zippy the immigration to the waters thereof are astonishingly great, and chiefly of that description of people who are not very subordinate to your and order of good government. whether the prohibition from the court of spain is just or unjust politic or otherwise it will be difficult to restrain our people from the enjoyment of natural advantages. it devoutly to be wished to en
jay was authorized to guarantee spanish sovereignty of florida if spain regained from england. you almost have to have a big map because the everything changes. i mean this war that war negotiations. it gets very complicated with because it goes back and forth. france had given louisiana and therefore the to spain but then napoleon conquered spain and so he took it all back. that's how france ends up selling french louisiana to america. they were three years after john jay in 1785, george...
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she didn't come back from england. yes yes. this iconic washington. yes oh, absolutely. this is by stuart. and he is in london, dublin at the time. and in 40 finitely, he's hounded by creditors and was even briefly imprisoned. he wrote to his friends, i expect to make a fortune by washington. and what he meant by that was that he had letters of introduction from john j. and with those letters of introduction washington, agreed to sit for him three times in 1795 and 96, the painting that originated from one of those sittings he had promised to martha washington, but kept so he could make many copies washington over his lifetime. and that provided artist with a steady income and a revenue. is this the dollar bill painting. this is without those letters. introduction from john j. george washington have sat for this portrait. i would like to think that gilbert's stuart being as talented as he was, would have been recognized here in america. so this is john quincy adams room named for secretaries of state who became president and who is this? this is john quincy adams and thi
she didn't come back from england. yes yes. this iconic washington. yes oh, absolutely. this is by stuart. and he is in london, dublin at the time. and in 40 finitely, he's hounded by creditors and was even briefly imprisoned. he wrote to his friends, i expect to make a fortune by washington. and what he meant by that was that he had letters of introduction from john j. and with those letters of introduction washington, agreed to sit for him three times in 1795 and 96, the painting that...
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a not not as most of his as contemporaries went to england for an education and he did. his father had died, right? yeah. and so they they sort of gave him a trade that he was a surveyor, was the first job that he ever had. but and she this woman, sally, what's her name? yeah. yeah, it's the she sort of took him under her wing. he went to her house for parties or, was invited to her house for parties. and she was several years older than he was. and so that explains some of the attraction there she was sophisticate and witty. she was very much a charming flirt, too. oh, yeah. yeah. all right. you get the last question. but before we get to that, i just want to ask you how long you all have been writing books together and working together? i guess since 1971. i have only one. oh, you're giving it away. yeah, that's. that's yeah, that's quite a long time. yeah, that's a, quite a long time. yes, we have. we've published what 102 books so that there's a lot on dots of different subjects though now i was always just to say that we're the most prolific authors that nobody's ev
a not not as most of his as contemporaries went to england for an education and he did. his father had died, right? yeah. and so they they sort of gave him a trade that he was a surveyor, was the first job that he ever had. but and she this woman, sally, what's her name? yeah. yeah, it's the she sort of took him under her wing. he went to her house for parties or, was invited to her house for parties. and she was several years older than he was. and so that explains some of the attraction there...
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and then they traveled around europe and they got introduced to medieval architecture, especially in england and in france. and then when they came back to the states, the amalgamated, all of these styles together in what we call american beaux arts, architecture, and richard maurice hunt is now best remembered for the houses he designed for the grand children of cornelius vanderbilt, the breakers in newport, which was designed for king william vanderbilt, the second marble house also in out in newport, which was designed for william kissin vanderbilt. and he had that designed as a birthday present for alva vanderbilt. so when they got divorced, a lot of people think that she actually got marble house as part of a divorce settlement, but it had already been gifted to her as a birthday present. and he also designed the biltmore estate in asheville, north carolina, for george washington. vanderbilt, the second and in new york city, only three of his buildings remain. they used to line the streets of new york and the only three, but still remain the pedestal to the statue of liberty. the vander
and then they traveled around europe and they got introduced to medieval architecture, especially in england and in france. and then when they came back to the states, the amalgamated, all of these styles together in what we call american beaux arts, architecture, and richard maurice hunt is now best remembered for the houses he designed for the grand children of cornelius vanderbilt, the breakers in newport, which was designed for king william vanderbilt, the second marble house also in out in...