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the couple it to philadelphia in four days. theirs was possibly the most dramatic escape slavery a story of love, determination and resilience. the virtues of frontier america conquering all the crafts subsequently moved to boston, where they became a fixture in the city's struggle against slavery and discrimination working with the heavens to defy the 1850 law. they also joined the anti-slavery lecture circuit, taking the story of defiance to audiences across the northeast. not surprisingly, weeks after the passage of the law in 1852, slave catchers arrive in boston in search of the crafts. the black with the aid of white supporters, rallied to their defense. the defiance was widely. as a result, boston became a slave unsafe for the couple. and they left again. and another stage their escape to england where they lived until 1869. by the way when they returned and a plantation in georgia that shows you have some gumption. the crafts joined were joined in the lecture circuit by another former henry brown who escaped from richmo
the couple it to philadelphia in four days. theirs was possibly the most dramatic escape slavery a story of love, determination and resilience. the virtues of frontier america conquering all the crafts subsequently moved to boston, where they became a fixture in the city's struggle against slavery and discrimination working with the heavens to defy the 1850 law. they also joined the anti-slavery lecture circuit, taking the story of defiance to audiences across the northeast. not surprisingly,...
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and liverpool and also in the owned a lot of real estate in pitt, philadelphia, the region around philadelphia here. and so i grew up in a very comfortable background and we both grandfather and father, very prominent members in the philadelphia, society of friends. and so he was early on introduced into that community. he went through excellent schools there. and for time briefly attended haverford college, which was a major college supported by the society of friends, young edward drinker cope was already a very precocious child. there's a picture of him at age ten as the only baby picture i've ever found of him, even at very age. he was interested in natural. he would roam outside on his father's farm to look at any insects, birds whatever. had a few turtles. but he also loved to go to the academy of natural sciences, which had great exhibits of fossils skeletons, minerals and other things that he was keenly interested in. and i show you here a that he made as a child of a ichthyosaurs skeleton, which is remarkably accurate. in fact, i don't think most of my former students would have drawn
and liverpool and also in the owned a lot of real estate in pitt, philadelphia, the region around philadelphia here. and so i grew up in a very comfortable background and we both grandfather and father, very prominent members in the philadelphia, society of friends. and so he was early on introduced into that community. he went through excellent schools there. and for time briefly attended haverford college, which was a major college supported by the society of friends, young edward drinker...
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he was exiled and for political organizing in manchester and moved to philadelphia in 1843. so he's one of the earliest of the chartist radical british chartist emigres. fundamentally committed to advancing the cause of white working men by the early 1850s, campbell was, an excitable advocate of apollo genesis, the idea that black and white peoples separate species, literally separate species, which he used to defend as the appropriate condition for black people in pamphlets like t o shown here, campbell, had satisfied himself th slavery for black people did not in any way contradict the freedom and uaty promised in the american revolution, which was intended, as tony wasater to argue in the dred scott decision 17, was intended only andoni ever been intended for white people. this was there are increasing numbers of northerners as the civil war comes close who embrace pro-slavery position and avowedly pro-slavery position. not all of them come from the same political background as john campbell. another, for example a former whig wants an anti-slavery advocate was nathan lor
he was exiled and for political organizing in manchester and moved to philadelphia in 1843. so he's one of the earliest of the chartist radical british chartist emigres. fundamentally committed to advancing the cause of white working men by the early 1850s, campbell was, an excitable advocate of apollo genesis, the idea that black and white peoples separate species, literally separate species, which he used to defend as the appropriate condition for black people in pamphlets like t o shown...
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he was exiled and for political organizing in manchester and moved to philadelphia in 1843. so he's one of the earliest of the chartist radical british chartist emigres. fundamentally committed to advancing the cause of white working men by the early 1850s, campbell was, an excitable advocate of apollo genesis, the idea that black and white peoples separate species, literally separate species, which he used to defend as the appropriate condition for black people in pamphlets like the one shown here, campbell, had satisfied himself that slavery for black people did not in any way contradict the freedom and equality promised in the american revolution, which was intended, as tony was later to argue in the dred scott decision of 1857, was intended only andoni ever been intended for white people. this was there are increasing numbers of northerners as the civil war comes close who embrace pro-slavery position and avowedly pro-slavery position. not all of them come from the same political background as john campbell. another, for example a former whig wants an anti-slavery advoca
he was exiled and for political organizing in manchester and moved to philadelphia in 1843. so he's one of the earliest of the chartist radical british chartist emigres. fundamentally committed to advancing the cause of white working men by the early 1850s, campbell was, an excitable advocate of apollo genesis, the idea that black and white peoples separate species, literally separate species, which he used to defend as the appropriate condition for black people in pamphlets like the one shown...
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above those words, there is a mural painted by philadelphia native, edwin austin abbey. abbey's mural, the spirit of religious liberty, shows penn's ships leaving england, in search of freedom and a new home. penn had a vision of a place that would be an example to the nations, a place of tolerance, peace, and prosperity. where leaders would make wise and just decisions in service to all people. penn's vision was of a commonwealth that would welcome people of all backgrounds. a commonwealth where everyone would have the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed. a commonwealth where the government is responsive to the needs of the people and works together to get stuff done. i'm mindful that we're all part of that lineage. a long tradition that stretches back nearly 343 years, to previous governors and leaders of this commonwealth and general assembly who have all worked together to make progress and build a more just, inclusive society. a century after that mural was painted, penn's promise still rings true in these hallways, and it's on us to car
above those words, there is a mural painted by philadelphia native, edwin austin abbey. abbey's mural, the spirit of religious liberty, shows penn's ships leaving england, in search of freedom and a new home. penn had a vision of a place that would be an example to the nations, a place of tolerance, peace, and prosperity. where leaders would make wise and just decisions in service to all people. penn's vision was of a commonwealth that would welcome people of all backgrounds. a commonwealth...
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so please thank uncle bobby's and and the free library of philadelphia hosting this event. we're so grateful. be here, kimberle crenshaw charles, the co-founder and executive director of the african american policy forum and the founder and executive director of the center for intersectionality social policy studies at columbia law school. she is the promise institute professor at ucla law school and the isidore in civil cells. baker professor at columbia law school. she's popularly known her development of intersectionality, critical race theory and the say her name campaign and is the host of the podcast intersectionality matters and the moderator of the webinar series the blacklight. she one of the most cited scholars legal history crenshaw is the coauthor of the new book is the subject of tonight's program say her name black stories of police violence and public silence, which features a foreword by janelle monae, say her name provides an analytical framework for understanding black susceptibility to police brutality and state sanction and violence. and it explains we c
so please thank uncle bobby's and and the free library of philadelphia hosting this event. we're so grateful. be here, kimberle crenshaw charles, the co-founder and executive director of the african american policy forum and the founder and executive director of the center for intersectionality social policy studies at columbia law school. she is the promise institute professor at ucla law school and the isidore in civil cells. baker professor at columbia law school. she's popularly known her...
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philadelphia and pittsburgh. and you keep talking about how and irish lincoln was and some of the whigs and certainly a lot of the england republicans. you don't ask. why? the reason why? because the irish voted 90 to 95% for the democrats. and there wasn't serious reason for them. i think i just not to interrupt you, but i think i did say exactly that. i'll address the german part in a minute, but i said exactly that lincoln liked immigrants who were republicans and the democrats. yeah, but the germans probably leaned a little more democrat than republican, but at least they weren't. bloc voting like 9090 5%. may i answer some of what you said? yes. all right. which i will in a second. so gustav carter plays a large role in my. his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunt
philadelphia and pittsburgh. and you keep talking about how and irish lincoln was and some of the whigs and certainly a lot of the england republicans. you don't ask. why? the reason why? because the irish voted 90 to 95% for the democrats. and there wasn't serious reason for them. i think i just not to interrupt you, but i think i did say exactly that. i'll address the german part in a minute, but i said exactly that lincoln liked immigrants who were republicans and the democrats. yeah, but...
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so we have some it in philadelphia because we hold up these that are in other place is portugal, san francisco. portugal has a really innovative and successful very successful program on harm reduction and decriminalization of what philadelphia is trying. but they put a lot more effort into it, a lot more money into it, and then it's at the national level. so i mean, i'm sympathetic to your desire for local movements, and i think that's where a lot of energy and optimism can come from and they can move their national governments. but it part of what we see with the problems the united states, with philadelphia and oregon and places like that is decriminalization and harm reduction have a huge uphill battle to fight because people will say, oh, it's decriminalized, it's easier. so they'll move their because they're coming from places where i live, where it's, you know, really, really strictly controlled. and so then the problem becomes too much for that local space, too, to actually respond to effectively. so oregon's problem, oregon's efforts probably would have succeeded if. no one
so we have some it in philadelphia because we hold up these that are in other place is portugal, san francisco. portugal has a really innovative and successful very successful program on harm reduction and decriminalization of what philadelphia is trying. but they put a lot more effort into it, a lot more money into it, and then it's at the national level. so i mean, i'm sympathetic to your desire for local movements, and i think that's where a lot of energy and optimism can come from and they...
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new york city, philadelphia. atlanta. chicago. argo. dallas. kansas city. denver. san francisco. and seattle. the scientific work of epa is also decentralized and takes place in laboratories located across the country. air pollution work takes place in raleigh, durham, north carolina. toxicology and industry engineering in cincinnati. groundwater research in ada, oklahoma. pesticide biology and gulf breeze, florida. and ecosystems research in corvallis, oregon. this scientific effort is essential to meeting the environmental challenges that still lie ahead. we need to know a lot more about how toxic substances behave in the environment and what affects various exposure levels have on human health and the environment. this knowledge would help us control the risks from these substances without sacrificing the benefits of the technologies that produce them. we need more information on long range transport of pollutants through the air. acid rain is an example of this kind of transport. we also must do better at tracking the flow of pollutants through the environment. much of our po
new york city, philadelphia. atlanta. chicago. argo. dallas. kansas city. denver. san francisco. and seattle. the scientific work of epa is also decentralized and takes place in laboratories located across the country. air pollution work takes place in raleigh, durham, north carolina. toxicology and industry engineering in cincinnati. groundwater research in ada, oklahoma. pesticide biology and gulf breeze, florida. and ecosystems research in corvallis, oregon. this scientific effort is...
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and saying, wait, no no, no, not a bunch of white guys in philadelphia. right. that's not the american story, because if it is there's a very narrow lane, right to tell that story going forward. but in our view. if you remember back, how many of you can recall there was there was another image in the original new york times publication before it became a book, before it came of curriculum. right it was in the new york times. you might remember the image it was. so it's interesting. it a monochromatic image. right. and it was a a horizon line an infinite horizon line of a kind of black ocean and a gray. that was the image. right. so a very different kind of thing than the happy guys with their quill pens in philadelphia. and so if you have to tell the american story from that image, right, you can't avoid. right. you can't slavery. you can't avoid the whole colonial context. and i think that's really important. but i begin noticing were native americans saying, wait a minute, you know, because, you know, the first contact right in the americas is right in the 15t
and saying, wait, no no, no, not a bunch of white guys in philadelphia. right. that's not the american story, because if it is there's a very narrow lane, right to tell that story going forward. but in our view. if you remember back, how many of you can recall there was there was another image in the original new york times publication before it became a book, before it came of curriculum. right it was in the new york times. you might remember the image it was. so it's interesting. it a...
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philadelphia has done exceptional work with the diversion program, nationally you know, philadelphia has done exceptional work with its own eviction division read an initiative started during the pandemic. we should expand that work statewide. as we continue to make our legal system more fair and just, we have to think about the victims of crime and those communities that are impacted by gun violence. let me tell you about one of those victims. nicholas elizalde. he had a bright future ahead of him until a gunman killed him after a football game. i talked to his mom, meredith, several times. many of you have heard from her, too. since nicholas's death, she has been an advocate testifying before the house judiciary committee for laws that would've saved her son's life and could save more lives in the future. we are honored to have nicholas's mom here with us today. unacceptable levels ands long past time to take action. with gun violence at unacceptable levels in our communities, it is long past time for us to take real action. lieutenant governor davis knows this well. he has been le
philadelphia has done exceptional work with the diversion program, nationally you know, philadelphia has done exceptional work with its own eviction division read an initiative started during the pandemic. we should expand that work statewide. as we continue to make our legal system more fair and just, we have to think about the victims of crime and those communities that are impacted by gun violence. let me tell you about one of those victims. nicholas elizalde. he had a bright future ahead of...
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they preferred a more peaceful as it happened in new york or philadelphia, where they just got the ships to turn around or in south carolina. and so it was very divisive. in early 1774, about how people felt about even patriots quite concerned about the tea party and you see descriptions of the tea party patriot leadership that sounds lot like what governor hutchinson was saying about it. patriot leaders and other colonies, because they found it quite distasteful. but then what happens is this fourth cargo is stuck in william and it's not landed for sale but it could be landed any time. and of course, is the problem that the bostonians were particular poorly noted drinkers of, taxed tea and so landing it might find it tea like this might find sale and it might be a problem and so it needs to be kept. and so this forces boston to be more and continuously radical after the boston tea party the tea party is remembered as a one and done, we destroyed this and that's problem solved. but the problem is it wasn't done. there were still and destroyed. t there and it had the risk of being a uniqu
they preferred a more peaceful as it happened in new york or philadelphia, where they just got the ships to turn around or in south carolina. and so it was very divisive. in early 1774, about how people felt about even patriots quite concerned about the tea party and you see descriptions of the tea party patriot leadership that sounds lot like what governor hutchinson was saying about it. patriot leaders and other colonies, because they found it quite distasteful. but then what happens is this...
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early spring, late winter of 1787, in preparation for this convention, which was now going to meet in philadelphia and in this essay, which is very short you can call it up on your on your screen and read it in 10 minutes. he isolates the problems of the states and and he focuses almost exclusively on the states and the legislation that's being passed the multiple illicitly. he said the the big injustice of this legislature and the fact that it was in the mutability, it's constantly changing now you have to understand the state legislatures introduced the constitution so in 1776 introduced outside of new england was the innovation annual elections and the turnover in these elections that we studied seemed to be about some up to 50% turnover each year. so there's a lot in the legislation have new groups of people coming in. they were enlarged in numbers. so you have sometimes double or three times the size of the old colonial legislatures. so you have a whole new crop of people coming in with all kinds of interests to promote and they're changing legislation and they're in particular, they're print
early spring, late winter of 1787, in preparation for this convention, which was now going to meet in philadelphia and in this essay, which is very short you can call it up on your on your screen and read it in 10 minutes. he isolates the problems of the states and and he focuses almost exclusively on the states and the legislation that's being passed the multiple illicitly. he said the the big injustice of this legislature and the fact that it was in the mutability, it's constantly changing...
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the federalist papers, remember i said the purpose of meeting a philadelphia. here was so many articles of confederation so here they come to taking this document back to their states and they want the states to ratify in the states and i saying what what is this we didn't we didn't your directions were not to create another form of government we had the articles of confederation that we were comfortable. yes it needed some tweaking but you've got else now. so here come the federalist papers. the purpose of the federalist papers was to defend what they did and convinced the state to ratify it. ratify the constitution. all right. obviously did a good job. states ratified. it was throwing the bill of rights and states. okay but the federalist papers, hamilton. adams and who else. john j. all right. so they're trying to convince everybody that it was necessary it was necessary to start over and come up this new document. now, george washington was a southerner from virginia. but. leaned towards this strong central government. so the interpretation of the constitut
the federalist papers, remember i said the purpose of meeting a philadelphia. here was so many articles of confederation so here they come to taking this document back to their states and they want the states to ratify in the states and i saying what what is this we didn't we didn't your directions were not to create another form of government we had the articles of confederation that we were comfortable. yes it needed some tweaking but you've got else now. so here come the federalist papers....
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jefferson was young, not very busy in philadelphia, you know, generally reclusive. adams was basically on every committee that mattered. so as a result, he was too busy to be a drafter. he did admire jefferson on a number of dimensions and again worked for the politics to have the result that jefferson get the most votes when it came time to select a committee to write a preamble for declaration of independence. so the declaration's, i believe, properly understood as adams's declaration. that's the first and most important point that then leads to a second important point, which is the one professor would made at the very end his remarks. and i was so glad that he did that. it is indeed the revolution brings us the beginning of the end of enslaved it. and it's adams who is a part of that as is ben franklin, also on the committee of five that drafted the declaration. and so immediately before the end of the revolution. so before we get to even eight states having a boston slave man before the end of the revolution, both massachusetts and pennsylvania done so in diffe
jefferson was young, not very busy in philadelphia, you know, generally reclusive. adams was basically on every committee that mattered. so as a result, he was too busy to be a drafter. he did admire jefferson on a number of dimensions and again worked for the politics to have the result that jefferson get the most votes when it came time to select a committee to write a preamble for declaration of independence. so the declaration's, i believe, properly understood as adams's declaration. that's...
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so please thank uncle bobby's and and the free library of philadelphia hosting this event. we're so grateful. be here, kimberle crenshaw charles, the co-founder and executive director of the african american policy forum and the founder and executive director of the center for intersectionality social policy studies at columbia law school. she is the promise institute professor at ucla law school and the isidore in civil cells. baker professor at columbia law school. she's popularly known her development of intersectionality, critical race theory and the say her name campaign and is the host of the podcast intersectionality matters and the moderator of the webinar series the blacklight. she one of the most cited scholars legal history crenshaw is the coauthor of the new book is the subject of tonight's program say her name black stories of police violence and public silence, which features a foreword by janelle monae, say her name provides an analytical framework for understanding black susceptibility to police brutality and state sanction and violence. and it explains we c
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so yes ted leventhal from philadelphia. first timer, i thought remember reading years back that even some of the new york delegation was concerned that was so high profile extremely abolitionist that they actually lincoln to come east and do the cooper union speech is that correct? well the yes republicans who are to seward and about exactly what you said did urge number of speakers to come and speak in the east. one of them was cassius clay and one of them was lincoln. and they they wanted to sort of spread the idea that you can somebody besides seward as the nominee. so that was very much in the case in the working. but the actual delegation that went to chicago was very strongly seward and boy, they had a great time. they had a lot of money and they they had crates and crates of champagne to play the and it's it's very interesting how hard we'd work to get nominated and how really he was crafty in many ways. but just the moment had passed and the lincoln's men were even craftier. so it's a very interesting story. thank y
so yes ted leventhal from philadelphia. first timer, i thought remember reading years back that even some of the new york delegation was concerned that was so high profile extremely abolitionist that they actually lincoln to come east and do the cooper union speech is that correct? well the yes republicans who are to seward and about exactly what you said did urge number of speakers to come and speak in the east. one of them was cassius clay and one of them was lincoln. and they they wanted to...
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she is in place where having a part of the abolitionist community in massachusetts and in philadelphia fear she's encountering people she knows. right. these abolition is circles are are pretty small. they're pretty small. and i'm going to show you just how small they are in a minute. so tubman is coming down during this movement, even though she is not volunteer teacher, she's not there to manage labor. but of the women who are there during this time period, many of them are wearing many hats. so on the one hand, she is a spy. on the other hand, also works as a nurse in the contraband hospitals. she's also an entrepreneur, so she works as a cook. she takes in laundry, particularly laundry of u.s. army officers. and i suggest that that was also a cover for her intelligence gathering. right. that she actually working for general gilmore as a laundry and taking in laundry and therefore passing on information to u.s. army commanders. she also ran her cook shop in downtown buford. she made ginger and root beer and gingerbread i'm sorry. and root beer and. she paid formerly enslaved people
she is in place where having a part of the abolitionist community in massachusetts and in philadelphia fear she's encountering people she knows. right. these abolition is circles are are pretty small. they're pretty small. and i'm going to show you just how small they are in a minute. so tubman is coming down during this movement, even though she is not volunteer teacher, she's not there to manage labor. but of the women who are there during this time period, many of them are wearing many hats....
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and we're not talking just boston or philadelphia or new york. they were from sacramento and albany and syracuse. so a couple dozen of them, and they were some were actually credentialed to the press galleries on the capitol hill. well, this was stunning to me, because i'd never heard any of this. and it was a credible story of washington history that we've really not heard much about. well, the interesting thing about eliza was she got a job then working as a society columnist for a newspaper in st louis. she wrote for them for about ten years, but she did something a little different because the society season ranged from. around december 1st when congress started meeting until lent. that's when the whole social season occurred. but come summer, everybody left town. the people with money went off to their homes and their country homes and their resorts. so what allies did was she started traveling, she crisscrossed the country several times. she would report on destinations that most americans of course, would never see in their lifetime time.
and we're not talking just boston or philadelphia or new york. they were from sacramento and albany and syracuse. so a couple dozen of them, and they were some were actually credentialed to the press galleries on the capitol hill. well, this was stunning to me, because i'd never heard any of this. and it was a credible story of washington history that we've really not heard much about. well, the interesting thing about eliza was she got a job then working as a society columnist for a newspaper...