william walker, who was what was called a filibuster. nothing to do the with senate. the free booter, somebody who would go down and try to take over the country. there was a rash of these in 18 40s and '50s. they went down are a handful of mercenaries and start fighting in a civil war in latin america country and try to take it over. this was considered a great thing by kind of southern and confederate leaning individuals about this will be a natural field to expand. >> especially in the case of cuba. which was even after the fall of the spanish empire. of course, cuba remained the star -- the jewel of the spanish overseas possessions. there was large-scale slavery there already. there were a lot of cubans who were fighting hard for independence as well. there was also a large cuban population in new york. which my classmate is writing about. and cuba especially, the southerner who were looking to expand slavery were fascinated with. walker, who ended up landing in san francisco, he invaded mexico, again with a handful of men. and then he got a contract to fight for

to talk about another skunk for a moment, william walker who was what was called a filibuster, nothingo do with the senatorial mover, but the time referred to kind of a freebooter somebody who would go down and try to take over a country. and it was quite a ration of these in the 1840's and 50's. americans who decided to go down with an often handful of mercenaries and maybe start fighting in the civil war in a latin american country and then try to take it over. and this was considered a great theme by kind of southern and confederate leaning individuals who thought that this would be a natural feel to expand slavery. >> especially in the case of cuba which was, you know, after the fall of the spanish empire in latin america, of course, cuba remained the star, the jewel of the spanish overseas possessions. and there was large-scale slavery there already. and there were a lot of cubans who were fighting very hard for independence as well. and there was also a large cuban population in new york, which my classmate alfonso perez is writing about. and cuba especially, the southerners who

williams out. howell is off the bench to take horner's spot. 46-45, florida. walker, step-backfire. >> larry: good hands that time by howell to get that rebound. he had to reach back a long way to pull it in. >> bob: and fouled from behind. erik murphy commits his second. >> larry: bob, in the first half, we never got to the bonus. neither club shot the bonus in the first half. and only three fouls on nc state and five now on florida in the second. >> bob: here's howell. here's smith. turning. missing. and stuck. really stuck. >> larry: nc state is going to get the ball back. >> bob: they get it on the possession error. >> bob: you ever see a ball get stuck after it rolls around the edge? >> bob: that's the first time that's happened this decade. >> larry: aren't you clever? >> bob: shot clock at 30 for the wolf pack. wood. gators with erving walker. 46-45, gators. now werner wants the basketball. >> larry: he's trying to run the offense out there. trying to tell the guard what to do. good screen. look at walker. h he got pumped. >> bob: debbie? >> debbie: it appears

williams. the pack turns it over. florida in attack mode. boynton hangs and hits. >> larry: nice pass by walker. the middle. >> bob: the pack turn it over. parsons. nailed underneath by horner, and a scramble. and there is that first turnover. >> larry: and werner should have got sheelfish there. go ahead, take the shot. instead of that extra pass. he tried to force that underneath. nowhere to go. >> bob: chandler sits and ray shipman comes in. gonzalez has to deal with walker and the florida press, and walker got a hand on that one. now the double team. cross-court to wood. and the pack turn it again against the press. walker up. rebound gonzalez. >> larry: two blown opportunities for florida. >> bob: and nc state with numbers, smith the lay-in. and the wolf pack come up with a steal. good hands by c.j. williams. he's open on the wing. wants it. horner goes inside to smith. spins away from the double team. 25-19, wolf pack. 5:30 remaining in the first half. >> larry: a lot of action. great little results. >> bob: gonzalez slipped and fell trying to get to walker in the corner. it matters not. h