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UNDERWAY SHORTLY. WE'LL HAVE COVERAGE OF SOME OF THE EARLIER PANELS FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT WILL BE TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN OVER ON C-SPAN....
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| 00:01:06 |
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IS YOUR FIRST VISIT, AS I MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES ARCS YOU'RE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT SYDNEY ROBEAUX IS BEING INAUGURATED AS HOWARD UNIVERSITY'S...
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| 00:04:14 |
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PANEL PAIRED WITH THE ONE KNOWLEDGE US. OUR PANEL IS COMPARATIVE EMAN PASSIONS IN THE AMERICAS AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING US IS EMANCIPATION IN THE...
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| 00:06:18 |
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AND I NOTICED THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, IN THIS BICENTENNIAL YEAR, HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL...
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| 00:32:46 |
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TALK TODAY IS BY PROFESSOR GORDON GILL, WHO IS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT OBERLAND COLLEGE. HIS RESEARCH AREAS INCLUDING SLAVERY...
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| 00:34:37 |
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DAY GUIANA. IT ALSO ARGUES THAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION OF FREEDOM CONTESTED ITS INTERPRETATION AS FORMULATED BY THE PLANNERS IN THE BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT....
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| 00:44:29 |
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MARKETPLACE. IN DECEMBER OF 1841, THE PLANTERS TRIED TO INSTITUTE NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THIS PRECIPITATED DEPARTURES FROM THE PLANTATIONS...
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| 00:56:45 |
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UNIVERSITY. AND HER MASTER'S AND DOCTORATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. A SPECIALIST IN AFROBRAZILIAN HISTORY, SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF FREEDOMS GIVEN,...
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| 00:57:03 |
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WON, AFROBRAZILIAN IN SOUTH SALRA DOR, SHE HAS FOCUSED ON AFRICAN AND AMERICAN DIASPORA AND HISTORY AND IN THE GARVIAV IN BRAZIL, POST ABOLITION, AFRO...
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| 00:58:24 |
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MANY OTHERS A VERY FINE TRAINING IN HISTORY, SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK HERE AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS PRESENTATION TO THE...
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| 01:24:53 |
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SEE MICROPHONES, SO PLEASE HEAD TO THOSE AND YOU CAN ADDRESS THEM TO ANY MEMBER OF OUR PANEL OR THE PANEL AS A WHOLE. >> HOW DO YOU FIGURE IT TRANSFORMED...
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| 01:25:32 |
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NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED PELORIO, EVERYBODY GOES THERE BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC, THE WORD IS LITERALLY THE WORD FOR...
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| 01:25:42 |
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POST. IT'S VERY EASY TO ERASE THE UGLINESS OF SLAVERY WHEN YOU'RE JUST SELLING AN IMAGE OF A COUNTRY, AND THEY SIMPLY HAVE SOLD THIS VERY SANITIZED...
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| 01:27:11 |
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NOT SURE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, AND I'M ASKING THIS SPECIFICALLY NAIVELY, SO YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT DIRECTLY, IF YOU WISH TO. >> YES, THANK YOU. IT...
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| 01:27:43 |
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FORMULA FOR REGISTERING SLAVES. BUT IT SO HAPPENS, IN THE ONE SECTOR OF GUYANA, IN BERBICE, WHICH I TEND TO FOCUS ON, THE SLA REGISTRATION FOR 1819...
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| 01:29:39 |
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GENERIC TERM OF THE GOLD COAST AND VARIOUS
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| 01:29:43 |
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OTHER REGIONS FROM SENEGAL, COMING BACK DOWN. A COMMENT, FOR YRUBU -- YRUBAS. >> I'M FROM THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT HOW, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, ONE TO...
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| 01:30:16 |
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WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EMANCIPATION, ESPECIALLY FROM THIS BROAD VIEW OF THE AMERICAS, ESPECIALLY DR. BUTLER, SHE MENTIONED MUNUMISSION, BUT THE...
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| 01:32:15 |
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ME, FOR EXAMPLE, STRETCH BACK TO AN UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR I TAUGHT TO FRESHMAN WHEN I WAS DOING ANY PHD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1989, SO...
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| 01:38:03 |
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YOU KNOW -- UNDER SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM TO GET YOUR FREEDOM SO THEY'RE THE ONES WHO GETS PAID BACK. SO JUST THAT CONCEPT I JUST WANT TO...
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| 01:40:27 |
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TO ANY ONE OF OUR SPECIFIC SPEAKERS THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH, I ENJOYED ALL OF THEM BUT ONE OF THE OVERALL THEMES OF THIS CONFERENCE, SELF-EMANCIPATION
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| 01:40:39 |
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BY SLAVES. I WANT TO SHARE VERY BRIEFLY A LITTLE KNOWN BUT VERY DRAMATIC EPISODE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT I CAME ACROSS IN MY OWN RESEARCH...
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| 01:44:43 |
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OF PEOPLE FOR THIS EMANCIPATIONTORY IDEOLOGY. IT WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING. THE MINUTE YOU ENSLAVE THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO...
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| 01:45:19 |
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JOSEPH REEDY AND DR. IRA BORGDEN. >> THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I MISSED THE PANEL PRESENTATION. BUT I HEARD WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR TO BRING...
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| 01:45:33 |
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MY FEET, AND THAT IS HOW DO WE GET THE RICH HISTORY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN SLAVERY AND IN RECONSTRUCTION INTO THE SCHOOLS? AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN...
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| 01:45:47 |
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IS CALLED TEACHING FOR CHANGE. THE TELEPHONE
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| 01:45:49 |
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NUMBER IS 588-7205. THEY'RE LOCATED AT 14th AND VEE. THEY'RE THE BEST LIBRARY FOR HISTORY THAT I KNOW OF OTHER THAN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. SO VISIT...
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| 01:47:09 |
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THE CUE. WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. BUTLER, THIS IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY. IN THE BLUE SHIRT, PLEASE. >> ME? >> DO...
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| 01:47:40 |
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COUNTRY HERE? >> I'M SORRY, HOW DID THE
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| 01:47:42 |
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LEGISLATION -- >> THE LEGACY -- >> THE LEGACY. >>
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| 01:47:48 |
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YEAH. >>
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| 01:47:49 |
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THE SAME WAY. I DON'T WANT TO BE FLIP ABOUT IT, BUT ANYTIME YOU HAVE A COUNTRY WHICH IS PREDICATED ON THE UTILIZATION OF ONE SECTOR OF THE POPULATION...
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| 01:48:01 |
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OTHER, THEY DON'T -- YOU
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| 01:48:04 |
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KNOW, THEY SAY
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| 01:48:08 |
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POWER
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| 01:48:11 |
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CONCEDES WITHOUT STRUGGLE. YOU SEE SO MANY REMNANTS BECAUSE IT WAS THE LARGEST SLAVE-HOLDING COUNTRY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. IT HAD SLAVERY LONGER...
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| 01:49:35 |
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TO TEST THE WATERS ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL VERSUS UNOFFICIAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE ABOLITION OF THE BRITISH SLAVE TRADE. ...
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| 01:50:15 |
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AND THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY ABOUT MY REAL CONCERN ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH TONY BLAIR AND THE MONEY THAT WAS USED...
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| 01:51:58 |
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QUESTION OF DR.
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| 01:51:59 |
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GAIL, ANOTHER QUESTION FOR EITHER THE TWO PANELISTS. BUT FOLLOWING UP ON DR. KERR-RITCHIE'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE WAY IN ENGLAND THERE WAS A CELEBRATION...
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| 01:52:15 |
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OF ENGLAND WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN
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| 01:52:17 |
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THAT. BUT THE SPECIFIC QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM AND IN THE PERIOD THAT FOLLOWS THAT IN...
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| 01:54:12 |
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POST-EMANCIPATION PERIOD DURING SLAVERY, THE MAIN RELIGIOUS BODIES WERE THE VARIOUS MISSIONARY GROUPS. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH TEND TO STICK WITH THE OFFICIAL...
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| 01:56:11 |
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EDITORIALS, LETTERS, ET CETERA IN BLACK NEWSPAPERS AS WELL AS ABOLITION NEWSPAPERS TO LOOK AT THAT RELATIONSHIP, IF ONE LOOKS AT SOME OF THE EARLIEST...
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| 01:59:48 |
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HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE WAY THAT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IS INTERPRETED. IN YOUR PAPER, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
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| 01:59:57 |
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THAT THE WAY THE EX-SLAVES RESISTED APPRENTICESHIP BECAUSE THEY SAW IT AS A CONTINUATION OF SLAVERY. AND THAT CONTINUED
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| 02:00:07 |
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AFTER APPRENTICESHIP WAS ABOLISHED AND THEN THEY BROUGHT IN EAST INDIAN LABORERS WHO WOULD BECOME MUCH OF THAT -- THE LAND WORKERS IN GUYANA. AND THAT...
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| 02:01:38 |
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AS WELL. I HAD A HISTORY TEACHER IN EIGHTH GRADE WHO TAUGHT ME ABOUT BOTH. THERE'S NO REASON THE REST OF THE COUNTRY CAN'T HAVE SIMILAR QUALITY
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| 02:01:48 |
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TEACHERS. >> YOU'RE A VERY LUCKY PERSON. >> YEAH, I AGREE EXCEPT ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND SOME OF...
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| 02:02:10 |
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AND, YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES
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| 02:02:11 |
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IS NOT UNIQUE IN ITS CATEGORY. IT'S JUST MUCH MORE BE LET'S SAY, BLATANT OF A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS AND THE U.K. HAD A FEW MORE CENTURIES TO SORT OF...
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| 02:04:01 |
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WANTED TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS. DR. REEDY AND DR. MEDFORD FOR INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE. THEY MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT...
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| 02:04:22 |
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OUR CONTINUED COVERAGE FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY ON RACE AND THE EMANCIPATION OF LINCOLN, COMING BACK, YOU'LL
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