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doctor alaina roberts is an assistant professor of history at university of pittsburg. relief search focus on the intersection of african-american and native american historyec fm the 19th century to the modern day with particular attention to identity several colonialism and not that black despair in addition to "i've been here all the while: black freedom on native land" which is published by university of pennsylvania press in 2021, her writing has appeared in the "washington post," the journal of civil war era in the western historical quarterly. and at this point i will hinting over to dr. roberts. >> hello. i'm so happy to be here virtually to share my new book with you all. thank you tuberose. i want to introduce myself by saying that all the research i do as a historian, professor is connected to my family. like most people who i do not -- is african-american i come from people who were enslaved for generations. but on my father's side by ancestors were not owned by white people. we were owned by native americans. in the 1830s they along with her chickasaw and c

. >> thank you so much alaina roberts that is fascinating and i feel like i already learned so much it to talk to you more about the topic and vulnerable think about what you justok thig about frederick douglass and sergeant there. could you tell us afr little bit about with the reaction to douglas' words were from african-americans to the to listen to leaders like douglas and my great love. >> essence of douglas from there plenty of leaders popped up on either already exist in the rules like a church pastor or as well as like a politician after the civil war but then also people become speculators who sometimes work with white americans to createec black tons so there are lots of african-americans who want to take advantage of the with the season opportunity 200 cash in on the land allotments by people getting indian territory buty also there are people who really appreciate the kinds of ideas frederick douglass is saying that african-americans deserve to kind of not just about the west but also have access to these ideas of democracy and freedom everything that the united states sta

i will also make it part if anyone wants to make their way to the center aisle for alaina roberts recent book, leaving her all the while that is a really good job of looking at the land redistribution that did happen in indian i territory among, and ways in which that benefited free to people and african-americans and the sort of complicated story that happened in indian territories. for those interested in that very complicated story, both of those are really great places to look, if you haven't already. .. wars cover, i think. for me, i understand not necessarily cover, but the civil war is context and in two like really concrete ways. you know, i talked about the expansion of the navy, but think about the expansion of the army just the number of divisions the number of officers soldiers not but you know offic the officers, they want to keep their careers many of them and was a huge breaking tool and then there were the investments, all of these small investors that have money, they have direct interest in getting a returnrn and investing in the growth of the military so it is the cont