widener professor jordan smith talks about the invention of rum. we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians annual meeting in philadelphia. >> jordan smith, you are here at the annual meeting talking about rum. why? >> i'm working on a book project that examines the production of rum in the 17th century world. at the heart of the project is an attempt to ask how rum was invented over centuries as different groups of people from the americas, europe, and africa converged and combined his experiences. >> why rum? >> what is interesting about rum is it is ubiquitous. it is something, we look at the example of mount vernon, everybody is drinking rum. it is served on washington's table. martha washington says rum may always be had. it is imported locally and also from the caribbean. it is having an internal economy bringing in workers who get their wages in rum. enslaved people receive rum for anything from childbirth to getting a cow out of a meyer. it is one of these moments where you can see how different groups of people we

widener professor jordan smith talks about the invention of rum. we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians annual meeting in philadelphia.

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smith, heard here. >> go. >> reporter: then pushed her off without warning. >> oh! >> reporter: a year later, her family says jordand having panic attacks smith pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and apologized in court earlier this year. >> i sincerely apologize to jordan holgorsen and her family and friends for the pain and humiliation i caused by my mindless action that occurred last summer. >> reporter: prosecutors recommended no jail time in a surprise move, the judge sentenced smith to two days behind bars plus 38 days on a county work crew back at the bridge one year later, adults and teens are still jumping. clark county oversees the park where the bridge is located. we asked the county manager if more could be done to stop the jumpers beyond the new warnings. do you think the signs are enough >> you know, i had lots of people with other suggestions, putting up fences, posting guards if i put a fence up, what happens if anybody crawls over the fence? then they get tangled in the fence. >> reporter: is there anything you can do to get people to stop >> it is not a question of whether or not you could if