and with the quaker,s that will -- with the quaker,s that will come to a horrific end.hat you find is if they will listen to quakers, because they are trying to debate with them, they are only trying to authorize officials there. almost in a way of keeping what they consider to be people away from everybody, i will send you in, because you look good at arguing. you can go in, listen, and use your rhetorical skill to battle with them, but not everyone can go. james could worth, on his own, showed to bring -- chose to bring quakers into his house to listen to them, and not simply reviled them, and that he can argue with them if he could not agree with them. in the act of doing that, he utterly destroyed himself within the life of his community. -- i will redogs you one of the moving things he wrote. he wrote a letter to a friend in england, because he was deeply disturbed by the persecutions he saw. unknown to him, his friend published the letter, so what he concernse private about the plymouth colony government and churches are put in print and come back to boston, and h

four quakers die in new england. all of them die at the hand of the colony, but will will happen in the year 1661 to 16 62 two, hundreds and hundreds of them will die in english prisons because they would not do what i asked you to do at the start of the morning. they would not take an oath because quakers believe that every word that came out of your mouth should be a word of truth and therefore an oath was not required to prove that your speech was extra truthful or extra binding. he could not suppress the faith because one of the ways he got the crown back was a guarantee of religious diversity in england, but he could destroy them by creating a law that said you must take -- an oath of loyalty and refusing to do it off you go to prison. past,e look back at the there is diversity of faith. there are those that are living openly like the quakers. there are those, like thomas macey, that may be living a positive life and practicing their faith out of the eyes of their neighbors and longing for a day of religious fre

within days other quakers appear in boston. they're beaten, imprisoned, and their windows are boarded up. and trumers place -- drummers placed beneath they are windows so no one can hear their preaches. the desire to be marderred is what is driving them. but what we're going to do is look at a year into the crisis in the summer of 1657 and that touches very closely on the history of this island. thomas macy is in new salsbury. that is in the summer of 1657. there is a storm. he is caught in a storm. his clothing is soaked, and there are four men standing in front of his house. instead of telling you about it, i'm going to let thomas macy tell you about it. i'm going to go into 17th century dialect so you can hear what he might have sounded like. in summer of 1657, he lets these four men into his house. the troubles are till besetting him in 1659 right before he leaves for this island with his wife and five churn. 24 is a letter he writes, 1659, two years after the event to the general court. explaining why he's not been able to

quakers refused and their hats are knocked off by officers. jaimd has agreed to demonstrate hat honors with me. now, we meet, you already have -- okay. >> so you take it off with your right hand, you make make a sweep, sweep, excellent. now if we are of the same age and same class, james, watch this, do exactly what i do at the same time excellent. this is actually happening in the 17th century that people of the same social status honor each other by taking off the hat and the hat goes back on at the same instance. now you -- i'm going to walk toward you, you just touch your hat, and i will take off my hat and bow to you and you give me indication of when i can put the hat back on. mine is on, clearly i'm your social inferior. >> that's all you get kid. you can just give me a look, and i without wait until that. think of an active culture where if you have these six women suddenly together in the marketplace, tashima because of her youth will try to figure out how to please them. there is rewards. thank you, sir, excellent job as a quicker ha

part of this is quaker aestheticism. a lot of quakers thought that being part of a public system like the united states that also in its other branches supported racial slavery made you less pure. so they opposed it on those grounds. they also opposed it because she alsoght that -- thought that it wasn't where attention needed to be. some people thought asking the vote made you look silly. that wasn't mott, she didn't think it made you look silly to ask for the vote, but she thought women ought to be concentrating on a more basic level at what the inequalities in their society were, that a solution like the vote that the state would grant you was not deep enough, not systemic enough to change the status of women. and now we are at the heart of why i called her a radical. radical means that you are thelenging the system, systems that grant you the privileges, the racial, the marriage systems, the gender systems, all those things, almost all the major systems of the day she really thought were at their heart that the probl

then you had quakers who got rid of baptism entirely. and there was others in the colony that wanted nothing to do with any of its churches and simply wanted the liberty to be left alone. so that was one aspect of liberty that was just central in accordance to the pilgrims and then to the other english settlers in the colony. a second form of liberty was political liberty. and here i think it's important to mention the mayflower compact. the compact used to be understood as a cornerstone of american political thought. daniel webster once commented, the principles of american republicanism were worked out in the cabin of the mayflower. well, that was basically poppycock. the framers of the u.s. constitution were indebted to john locke, not to john robinson or the mayflower passengers. but the basic idea of the mayflower compact represented an important english political ideal that the validity of officers and laws rests on the consent of the body politic. and the mayflower compact, the male passengers on the mayflower agreed to form a bod

her parents were quakers. and they were -- they tended the cedar creek meeting, and there was a succession of evidence that john payne is not so successful. so we don't know why but for a couple of years the payne family moves from hanover down to gilford county in north carolina, where present day greensboro is. a large, old, and still to this moment quaker community. and they go to become part of the new garden friends meeting. and this is where dolley is born in 1768. we don't know why, they stay down there for a couple years, but they later move back to hanover county, virginia. in dolly's telling of it, she was born wheel her parents were on a visit to an uncle. and that is completely untrue. it seems that john payne is seeking out an opportunity that doesn't work out and they go back to virginia. she also claims later on that when they moved back they lived at scottstown at patrick henry's house. he was a relative of her mother, but they did not stay there, and dolley makes up false memories of things th

said he was from quaker background. quakers were accepted by the puritans and the cavaliers, kind after buffer. you would think that the cavaliers would hate the quakers because they were anti-slavery. but, no, the quakers were passivists. even during the civil war, they didn't want to go to battle over slavery, even though they were morally opposed to slavery. the quakers were in the south, but beloved in the north. early on they had been persecuted and they'd been hanged in early new england, but by this time they're settled in the mid atlantic states and pennsylvania and there was a buffer between the puritan and cavalier and i explore in my book how lincoln emphasizes that aspect in his background. >> and people at the time-- well, i shouldn't be surprised because william taylor wrote a wonderful book years ago. cavalier and yankee, and i was surprised to see how many people at the time did understand, but it wasn't just that new england understood themselves to be puritans. they didn't like the cavalier image, so t

the quakers were pacifists. they were conscientious, they didn't want to go to battle over opinions over slavery even though they were, the quakers were okay with the south but also beloved in the north early on, they were persecuted, hanged in early new england but by this time, settling in the middle atlantic states in pennsylvania and kind of a buffer between the puritans and cavalier. i explore in my book how lincoln emphasizes that aspect in the background. >> people at the time, writing a wonderful years ago, seeing how many people at the time did, it wasn't just new england, they had -- they didn't like the cavalier, they were not only self images, talk about how each section was. from the other. >> i think even in our culture has back then, mushroom and become caricatures. these were definitely caricatures. at the time of the 19th century when all of this was being talked about, both sections which you probably block to be dismissed and the stereotype like puritan and cavalier but that image overwhelmed

hoover was our first quaker president. next slide. is ifestion we always get the presidential library system begin with president roosevelt, how did hoover get in? he predates roosevelt. two things occurred. what you are seeing is the hoover tower at stanford university. herbert hoover was with president wilson in versailles in europe, heading the american relief administration. he provided humanitarian assistance to countries in the aftermath of world war i. he learned that many of the records of countries that were removed from the map of europe and broken up into new countries, that those records were threatened with destruction. so at his own expense, hoover had them sent over to stanford university. he made arrangements to rent space in the library and hired out of pocket two assistants to catalog materials. and over the years, those collections continued to grow. hoover included his own private and public papers. what you are seeing, he intended to be his presidential library. next slide. what happened was in the 1950's, stanfor

she came from a quaker family, which had not, for her, been a good fit. she was inclined to the gaieties of the world, one quaker woman wrote. this is my favorite story. the quaker matron recalled that it was during an effort to convince dolley of the seriousness of life that the young girl first smiled and afterwards fell fast asleep. the 26 real dolley was recently widowed. her husband, john, had died in the yellow fever epidemic the year before madison saw her and so had her three-month-old baby, leaving her with a son who was two and his name was payne todd. madison, who was 43, >> some of the items on her list were thought to be good for breaking a fever which suggests that madison may have had fever -related seizures as a child they are not regarded as epilepsy today but could be part of a syndrome, several seizures as a child, epilepsy seizures as an adult. the more i learned about her the more interesting i found her. she and her husband were -- not long after they moved there, it was the frontier, she died, poisoned by slaves, the records say. sh

eastern, 6:15 pacific, the early 17th century history of the puritan massachusetts bay colony, and when quaker missionaries arrived. p.m.:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific on eastern america, for four films the profile presidents who took office in unusual times or unusual sir stances. professor butler: welcome to the 336,t lecture in history rock 'n' roll history in the united states. i am dr. butler. today the topic we are going to address is black rock during the civil rights era. i will share my screen. let's go ahead and get started. timeframe is roughly 1966-1978. historicalhe starting points, in 1966, for reasons that will become clear as we progress. and 1978 is the release date of the last work of art we are about to mention today. to such historical context, one thing we have to do is -- to set ext, oneal const thing we have to do is situate the music and the historical period, so the connection between the period and the art is abundantly clear. what then do we mean, when we use the term post-civil rights era? one of the things it indicates is a changing civil rights struggle. the music

she came from a quaker family which had not for her being a good fit. she was inclined for the gators of the world one quaker women wrote and this is my favorite story. a quaker matron recall that during an effort to convince dolly of the seriousness of life, the young girl first smiled and then afterward fell fast asleep. the 26-year-old dolly was recently widowhood. her husband john had died in a yellow fever epidemic the year before madison saw her, and so hatteras rima the baby, leaving her with a son who was to, and his name was pain todd. madison, who is 43, dollars 26 madison's 43, ottawa units, that turn to eric burr. this is the one big cousin rethink, even when you're not related in 18th century united states, everybody knew everybody. he tutu turn to erin burnett, because they had gone to princeton together, and he arranged the introduction. dolly was thrilled at the prospect. she wrote to a friend. thou must come to seen me, that must come, aaron burr is bringing, i love this line, the great little madison to see me this evening. four months

the quakers were abolitionist. west branch was a station of -- john brown visited before his failed assault on harpers ferry. model used lincoln as his for what the president should be. what the presidency should be. also, how an individual should live their life. he thought lincoln's life exemplified the notion of the open field of fair chance, the right to rise, and expanding the boundaries of liberty in the aspirations of the declaration that all been are created equal. the other part, though, that hoover shared with lincoln -- both were self-made men, both ended up in a much more prosperous position than where they began in life -- but self-made in the notion of lincoln's notion of the term, the most important aspect was the making of the self, improving your character and moral core. it is important to end on this note, not only because it is the anniversary of this very important moment in history, where the boundaries of freedom were expanded, but also what made america unique. what lincoln thought made amer

she came from a quaker family, which had not for her been a good fit. she was inclined for the gayties of the world, one quaker woman wrote, and this is my favorite story, a quaker matron recall that during the effort to convince dolley of the seriousness of life, the young girl first smiled, and then afterward fell fast asleep. the 26-year-old dolley was recently widowed. her husband john had died in a yellow fever epidemic the year before madison saw her. and so had they are 3 month old baby, leaving her with a son who was two, and his name was paine tod todd. madison is 43, and dolley is 23, i don't want you to miss this, even though you are not related in this age, everybody knew everybody, he turned to aaron beur burr because they had had gone to princeton together. she wrote to a friend you must come to come, aaron burr is bringing, i love this line, the great little madison to see me this evening. dolley wore a mulberry satin and yellow glass beads to greet james in her harbor and four months later they were marry. now, i'm of the conviction that

she came from a quaker family which for her had not been a good fit. she was inclined for the gaieties of the world and this is my favorite story. a quaker matron recall that during an effort to convince dolly of the seriousness of life, the young girl first smiled and afterward fell fast asleep. the 26-year-old dolly was recently widowed. her husband john had died in a yellow fever epidemic and so had her 3 month old baby leaving her with a son who was 2 and his name was todd. madison, who was 43, now dolly's 26 and madison's 43, i don't want you to miss that. turned to aaron burr, this is the one big cousinry thing even when you're not related in 18th century united states everybody knew everybody. he turned to aaron burr because he and burr has gone to princeton together and he arranged an introduction. dolly was thrilled at the prospect. she wrote to a friend, thou must come to see me, thou must come, aaron burr is bringing -- i love this line -- the great little madison to see me this evening. dolly wore mullberry satin and yellow glass beads to g

eastern, 6:15 pacific, the early 17th century history of the puritan massachusetts bay colony, and when quakerrived. p.m.:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific on eastern america, for four films the profile presidents who took office in unusual times or unusual sir stances. professor butler: welcome to the 336,t lecture in history rock 'n' roll history in the united states. i am dr. butler. today the topic we are going to address is black rock during the civil rights era. i will share my screen.

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a deputation of the ancient society of friends in philadelphia, the quakers, a accosted me. the general, explained the eldest of the party, it is not on account of your military abilities. we carry not -- we care not for your accomplishments. but you are one of mankind and therefore we have come to pay our respects to thee. why, of all the declarations of praise and gratitude, was it this one that rush amble chose to memorialize in his writings? it was not because of his eccentricity. we're was not in russian balls memoir. that word was added by the translator. it's because these marks reflect a system of values and warfare. that rush on the espoused. they are reflective of what is called the military enlightenment's. the military enlightenment, as i mentioned, was born of the marshall crisis that plagued france during the 18th century, but it was also borne of the rise of the enlightenment and the experiences of the first global wars. the enlightenment is perhaps best understood as a development by which -- here, people are viewed themselves as enlightened high. according t

plymouth foundation gives a history of this new england settlement and a tumultuous period when the quakers arrived. the nantucket historical association hosted the stock and provided the video. >> what we wanted to do today, it is going to be kind of a a lot of styles going on here because i need to turn you into puritans, if you are to understand where we are going to go with the quakers. i taught freshman english at the university of connecticut for six years. and one of my courses was

the non quaker government. meanwhile washington, both his brothers had died. he had hidden heritage mount vernon, and he also inherited the leadership of the virginia militia. when the french and indian war came, the quaker's had to leave the government of pennsylvania, because they could not fight. and franklin became the effective governor and was given the authority to trade militia. what had happened is, the french and indian war, was fought over what is called the ohio country, which was western pennsylvania around pittsburgh that area. the french had moved down in there and build a fork there. they had invaded, i what pennsylvania did, but also what virginia did because the boundary was supposed to be the potomac river going west. so, it resulted that both virginia and pennsylvania, claimed what is now pittsburgh. the french were there. so as, the french had attacked all settlers, both pennsylvania and virginia, so franklin had to go west, leading the troops. and he turned out to be really good at it. he had to defend pennsylvania. washington has to go w

he was put in a treatment center for obedience that it was one of the quakers but this was 80 percentgay men are men picked up on the streets and parks or in subway bathrooms so was fed into this homophobic medical psychiatric system and is on a continuum i just wanted to know more about the center and then it was exposed at the writing there wasn't a lot but everything else hit me and in that context in that clear spac space. >> i'm glad this is asked because i almost mentioned as a way of introduction to hang out in total saw and i was drawn to him because it is a lot of people that you describe even in the academic realm and he is the one other person who came to work is how i did it. i do not become a bob dylan fan until i was well into the initial research on my book i didn't get bob until i got witty. i came to witty by this land is your land. from what we learned in elementary school then realizing eight years ago that my favorite musician the mermaid albums the clash they were also heavily influenced by witty. and i thought it's the new year i should learn more about woody so

you see baptists, quakers and others and you don't see the wars that you see in england in this periodthe fact they were devoted to trying to deliberately structure the order in recognition of morals gave them the strength to develop, not evolve. i would never say they evolved, but to develop in a way that stresses the prospects of the rule of law. dr. loconte: dr. swain, you look like you want to jump in. i will let you say something before i ask another question. dr. swain: i was thinking of john winthrop. he wanted them to be the shining city on the hill and how far we have strayed away from that massachusetts in particular. dr. loconte: we will get to that before we close because one of our great tasks, as it seems as educators, people in think tanks and at the academy, we want to help pass on this legacy. dr. swain: yes, we do. dr. loconte: right, and they were onto something, weren't they, these pilgrims? there was a diversity, even within the ranks. not everybody was on the same page theologically, but they are signing onto this covenant with equal laws and justice for everybody

she was inclined for the giddies of the world, one quaker women wrote, and this is my favorite story. it quicker matron recall that during an effort to convince dolly of the seriousness of life the young girl first smiled and then afterward fell fast asleep. the 26-year-old dolly was recently without. her husband, john, had died in a yellow fever epidemic the year before medicine saw her. and so had her three month old baby. leaving her with-y son who was to. his name was peyton todd. madison, who was 40, three dolly is 20, six medicine is 43. i don't 20 to miss. that turned to erin bergh. this is one of the big things. even when you are not related in the 18th century. 18th century united states everyone you'd everybody. he turned to aaron burr, they went to president together, and they arranged a introduction. dolly was thrilled with the prospect. she wrote to a friend, that must come to see me, that must come. erin burr is bringing, i love this line, the great little medicine to see me this evening. dolly war mulberry satin and yellow glass beads to greet james in her parlor and fo

you see baptists and quakers and others. but you don't see the wars among them that you see in england in this period. the fact they were trying to a peaceful order in which there was recognition gave them the scrap to. develop not evolve, i would never say to evolve, but to develop in a way that strengthened the prospects for the rule of law. >> that's a fascinating bit of history. you look like you want to jump in on that in response. i want to give you a chance to do that before i frame another question. >> i certainly agree with all of that. i was thinking of john that he wanted them to be the shining city on the hill and just how far we have strayed away from that and massachusetts in particular. >> yeah, i think we're going to get to that before we close because one of our great tasks it seems to me as educators, as writers, people in think tanks and the academy is we want to pass on this legacy. this cultural and they were on to something. these pilgrims. because there was a diversity even within their ranks. not ever

baker gave her a shaker you quaker. >> happy holidays. before you as well. are we doing the same thing to china? are we sticking it to them the way they are to us with the ip theft? >> you know what given their aggressiveness and how much they have hoover duck, stolen not just from us but from allies as well for the past several decades, we better hope we are. and any nation that has the resources and the motivation to protect the national security interest is working hard to protect those interests. the interest being that china decades ago made the decision, think about what japan did. japan came out of world war ii devastated for they said how are we going to recover? how are you going to get back on the world stage? going to do it through innovation. the authorities there said decades ago we are going to get to the top of the food chain by skipping all of the cost in the years involves an engineering and we are going to take that information regarding steel it economic espionage, theft of intellectual property. were going to re- browned it. that is what

so benjamin lunday was a very prominent quaker abolitionist actually goes to mexico in 1830s and tries to establish a community for free blacks the united states to come to mexico. she becomes aware of the fact that mexico is moving in this antislavery direction. he is aware. and she is commenting. he's actually using that moral power in the same way channing did saying how they are doing this and we are not. it's not as prominent as you might think. and the reasons for that would be to open to speculation. i cannot say for sure. but my inclination is that semi barbarous nation from chanting as part of it. it's so inconceivable that mexico would promise freedom to enslaved people in a way that is not quite as shocking to see canada and the british empire. i think that it was inconceivable and therefore ignored. >> is african-americans as particular interested in the people of the african-americans they talked about. this is a two or three part question pretty answered this first question a bit in your discussion. did enslaved people find opportunity and mexico? i know they were relegat

you see baptist, you see quakers, you see others springing up. but you don't see the wars that you see in england in this period. the fact that they were devoted to trying to deliberately structure a peaceful civil order with recognition of moral necessity, gave them the strength to develop, i would never say to evolve, but to develop in a way that- -strengthens the prospect of the rola law. >> is a fascinating bit of history. dr. swain, you look like you want to jump in on that. i want to give you a chance to do that before i ask another question. >> no, i certainly agree with all of that. so, i don't have anything to add there. but, i was thinking of john when throw, that he wanted them to be the shining city on the hill. i just how far we have strayed away from that. and massachusetts in particular. >> yeah. i think when we get to that before we close. because, you know, one of our great tasks, it seems to me as educators, as writers, people in think tanks in the academy, we want to help pass on this legacy. >> we do. >> right? and they were o

revolution there was hardly any opposition to slavery of whites in america, other than among some quaker's. it was the revolution itself, which led to the creation of an extraordinary, anti slavery sentiment, which created naturally the very first, noticeable and it was somewhat you know it was still there, and it was allowed, the anti slavery movement anywhere in the world. so the idea, that the anti slavery, and it did have some great successes before 1787 in the northern states. but the idea that this failure, and this movement was going to be able to abolish flavoring, in the nation, in 1787, this is giving the anti slavery movement for more power than it could've had. now so let's go back to, 1787 knowing that there is not going to be a chance for the constitution to diminish slavery, or the federal putt governments power to abolish it. so let's go back to the anti slavery sentiment. everybody knows, there were lots of slave holders at the federal convention. as and as there were a lot of anti slavery delegates at that donations well. including benjamin franklin. these delegates knew

when the french and indian war came, the quakers had to leave the government of pennsylvania because they couldn't fight. and franklin became the effective governor and was made -- was given the authority to create a militia because what had happened is, the french and indian war was fought over what's called the forks of the ohio, the ohio country which then was western pennsylvania around pittsburgh in that area. the french had moved down in there and built a fort there and invaded. what pennsylvania considered their own land, but also virginia did because their boundary was supposed to be the potomac river going west. and so it resulted that both virginia and pennsylvania claimed that's now pittsburgh. the french were there. so the french had roused up the native americans, they were attacking all settlers, both from pennsylvania and virginia, and so franklin had to go west leading the troops. he turns out to be good at it. to build a line of forts and to defend pennsylvania. washington has to go west, as head of the militia, and defend what is now western pennsylvania. and so the

believe in rishaad: thailand's finance minister speaking exclusively to our quaker haslinda amin.nda me. the msci emerging markets index getting 9% last month so what will december bring? let's ask the head of fixed income research at the bank of singapore. move,we have seen this the emerging market move into equities. what about the bond market? constricted for emerging markets fixed income. we expect emerging-market high-yield to be up 7.5% at emerging-market investment great to be up to 2%. we think this for a few reasons. one, growth is accelerating come in fits and starts. we appear to have an effective vaccine. ,he u.s. dollar is weakening typically a major positive for emerging markets. also commodities are improving, a positive for emerging markets. copper, used in every thing from home construction and autos, is up 50% since march. the last thing i think investors are under appreciating, is the positive impact that a president-elect biden could have. under president trump u.s.-china relationships were often, he is, confrontational. under president elect bided we could see

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in massachusetts puritan governors hanged quakers for their her ethical lectures in town -- heretical lectures in town squares. our first amendment free exercise and anti-religious establishment clauses put us squarely on a path of rejecting blasphemy laws and these other relics of new england witchcraft trials. our law has gotten rid of obsolete offenses like blasphemy and apostasy because they have a purely religious character and do not refer to empirical social harms. blasphemy is making sacrilegious statements about established churches or doctrines. heresy is taking religious or intellectual positions at odds with an established religious orthodoxy. apostasy is breaking away from a religious orthodoxy or church. as offensive as we might consider other people's religious views and utterances, in america today, people's thoughts and words about religion are absolutely protected by the first amendment. but in many parts of the world where religion is still actively weaponized, by authoritarian governments, these imaginary offenses can still get you thrown into jail, harassed and ex

plymouth foundation gives a history of this new england settlement and a tumultuous period when the quakers arrived. the nantucket historical association hosted the stock and provided the video. >> what we wanted to do today, it is going to be kind of a a lot of styles going on here because i need to turn you into puritans, if you are to understand where we are going to go with the quakers. i taught freshman english at the university of connecticut for six years. and one of my courses was on censorship, censored books in the 1950s. and what i realized was, my students were still very young and came from a different moral climate. peyton place was not shocking to them at all. so, i needed to give them the mother of the moment to understand just how radical great mentality is model novel was. i will give you some time to give the puritan mentality so that when the quakers enter your world, you can understand just how frightening it is. we are going to be looking at a time when the world was turned upside down. between the years 1649 and 1650 or 1661. and though we are all sweltering in the qu