then were going to warm lead welcome vincent brown. so legends of power they can motivate people loyalty to a cause, high ideals and encouraged to carry them out. but we appreciate the efforts of common women, men and children of all sorts. their losses as well as their victories and the determination to turn those losses into lessons. this revolution is and should be a living history. as a live in the aspirations of the present, as it was in the dream and deeds of the past. this kind of history is messy and contradictory. tragic and ironic. as often as it is heroic. it also has a virtual being close to the truth. so i am grateful, deeply grateful to the curators of this exhibit for having the courage to tell that truth. to show us not only a proud story of national origin, but a multifaceted account of how one might have experienced the time of such turmoil. how about some applause. [applause] >> i did not expect this is a real, thought i was going to have to provide the sizzle myself but not can lay back and relax, thank you so much,

i will introduce vincent browne. we thought you ought to get the same treatment and then we are going to welcome. >> it can motivate people. loyalty to a cause into the courage to carry them out and we appreciate the efforts of men, women and children of all sports. there are losses and victories and the determination to turn them into lessons. it is and should be a living history. this kind of history is messy and contradictory, tragic and ironic and it has the virtue of being close to the truth so i'm deeply grateful to the curators of the exhibit for having the courage to tell the truth, to show us not only the proud story of the national origin but the multifaceted account of how one might have experienced the time. [applause] thank you so much for that lovely introduction, maybe overgenerous, but it was fantastic and also thank you for the fantastic work that you do here at the museum and for inviting me to speak this evening. i also want to thank anna for raising my appearance here and ryan and david for holdin

and harvard university history professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century slave revolt that took place in jamaica known as taxis revolt. and later marie anna provides a history of latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison and enjoyable tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> c-span as round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and it's all available on demand at cspan.org/coronavirus. once white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the us and world with interactive maps. watch on-demand anytime, unfiltered at cspan.org/coronavirus area. >> thank you for joiningus this evening . i'm director of programs exhibitions and community partnerships or the massachusetts historical society. it's nice to see a full room even though it's a few days before thanksgiving so thanks for coming out despite the approaching holidays fiesta. if anyone is here for the first time i'd like to extend a special welcome. we are an independent nonprofit which makes massachusetts american history avail

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, caffeine, opium, amphetamines, cocaine and war and then harvard university history professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century slave revolt that took place in jamaica known as tachy's revolt. and latermarie are on our provides a history of latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison . enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> the president from public affairs, available now in paperback and e-book. presents biographies of every president organized by their ranking by noted historians from best to worst. and features perspectives into the lives of our nations chief executives and leadership styles. visit our website, cspan.org/the president to learn more about presidentand historical features and order your copy today whether wherever books and e-books are sold . >> good evening. welcome and thank you all very much forbeing here tonight . we are delighted to have someone who's been here, here meaning this store but our original location good number of times, approaching 30 years now. and having lawrence weschler back and for him to come to seattle. for us it

[applause] it's a real pleasure to welcome doctor vincent brown this evening, often we are welcoming a good friend to the museum here this evening. prince was one of the group of scholars who consulted with us during this development of the exhibitions and interactants for the museum here. long before the shovel was in the ground and steel began rising here in philadelphia, we were tapping his brain for exciting stories of the american revolution. it turned into some of the great personal stories and our core exhibition here. charles warren professor of american history and professor of african american history at harvard university. he is the author of the rebirth garden, which won the james e riley prize and merle prize. if you have an opportunity to go on one, don't do it right now on your phone but when you get home, he's developed an online interactive map in jamaica, 1761 and it's a graphic narrative so you can go online, show a lot of themes and you may even speak about this during your talk this evening. it's a great online resource and hopefully we begin to use it for educat

then harvard university history professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century slave revolt that took place in jamaica. later, we provide a history of latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison. enjoy the book tv now in over the weekend on c-span2. >> good afternoon. part of me. i'm the director of the washington institute for international and public affairs and i am so delighted to be here today to celebrate "killer high", this fantastic new book by peter andreas. as a student of chinese affairs

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then harvard university history professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century slave revolt that took place in jamaica. later, we provide a history of latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison. enjoy the book tv now in over the weekend on c-span2. >> good afternoon. part of me. i'm the director of the washington institute for international and public affairs and i am so delighted to be here today to celebrate "killer high", this fantastic new book by peter andreas. as a student of chinese affairs i hardly need to be told about the importance of the relationship between drugs and war of course, i know that the intensity of feelings in china about the century of humiliation that began with opium war t butt the same time it's easy for a lot of people, including myself, to think of something like the opium ware as may be an anomaly or something very particular to a very particular time and place and i have to say i'm guilty of thinking about the opium war that way but great scholarship, truly great scholarship, like "killer high" and a lot of the work done here at the w

vincent brown and the slave revolt in jamaica.later, marie and rona, latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison. enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> the presidents from public affairs, available now in paperbook and e-book. presents biographies of every president organized by their ranking, my noted historians from best to worst and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's chief executives and leadership styles. visit our website, c-span.org/the presidents. learn about the features and order your copy wherever books and e-books are sold. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you all for joining us this evening. i'm the director of

and harvard university history professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century slave revolt thattook place in jamaica known as taxis revolt. and later marie anna provides a history of latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison and enjoyable tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> c-span as round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and it's all available on demand at cspan.org/coronavirus. once white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the us and world with interactive maps. watch on-demand anytime, unfiltered at cspan.org/coronavirus area

at the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia, harvard university history professor vincent brown discuss slavery and translate revolts amongst the colonies. here's a portion of his talk. so from what observers could glean it was clear many had been soldiers in africa. perhaps padres of people arrived in the american military training and discipline with some knowledge of defensive and evasive tactics learned in africa. in deed as some suggest america enslaved the bulls might be in key respects as extensions of african wars. this perspective reveals the complex networks of migration, belonging, trans regional power and conflict that gave the political history of the 18h century some of its most distinctive contours. viewing slavery as a piece of warfare is about the first step to envisioning a mass atlantic slavery. it showed how political military practices travel, take root, and grow in desperate environments. even as a slave trade force people to remake and negotiate their affiliations, the massive disperse of africans across the atlantic during military conflict throughout the

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and then harvard university history professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century slave revoltk place in jamaica, known as techies revolt. and lady maria from latin america at the wisconsin book festival in madison. during book tv now and during the weekend on cspan2. >> sunday night and q&a the videogame developer is bringing peace and conflict revolution to a wider audience. >> because. [inaudible] these are all young people in the war so the mindset in the refugee come out of war. when i was playing i was like how about these young people start playing this videogame. [inaudible] in the videogame it's the same thing happening in my country. that's how things are done. there's peace and conflict. [inaudible] >> watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. : :