nedryun | November 17, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 12, “The Life of James Otis.” In this episode: The life and contributions of James Otis. Otis’ role in the Writs of Assistance debate. The written works of James Otis as a foundation for the American Revolution. Otis’ premature departure from the public sphere [...]
Category: Days of Revolution |
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Tags: Admiralty Court, Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston, Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists, Equal Representation, Francis Bernard, Glorious Revolution, Great Britain, Harvard College, James Otis, Jeremiah Gridley, John Adams, John Robinson, Massachusetts, Molasses Act, Natural Rights, Navigation Acts, New York, Parliament, Plymouth, Quartering Act, Ruth Cunningham, Samuel Adams, Stamp Act Congress, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Jefferson, Townshend Acts, Writs of Assistance
nedryun | June 29, 2009
Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The Constitutional Convention and slavery, part two. Connecticut and South Carolina continue to work together to prevent prohibitions of slave imports and taxes on exports. Various delegates provides their views. The similarities between the Constitutional Convention language on slavery and the Northwest Ordinance. [...]
Category: History of the Constitutional Convention |
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Tags: 3/5 Compromise, Abraham Baldwin, Census, Charles Pinckney, Committee on Detail, Confederation Congress, Connecticut, Florida, Fugitive Slave Clause, George Mason, Georgia, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, James Wilson, John Adams, John Dickinson, John Rutledge, Luther Martin, Navigation Acts, North Carolina, Northwest Ordinance, Oliver Ellsworth, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Slave Importation, Slavery, South Carolina, Spain, U.S. Constitution
nedryun | June 22, 2009
Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: Slavery, the Fugitive Slave Clause, and the Three-Fifths Compromise A discussion on slavery, the Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Contitution William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglass’ views on the Constitution The divisions between North and South An alliance between Connecticut and the Southern [...]
Category: History of the Constitutional Convention |
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Tags: 3/5 Compromise, Census, Civil War, Connecticut, Edmund Randolph, Elbridge Gerry, Exports, Frederick Douglass, Fugitive Slave Clause, Georgia, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Gorham, Navigation Acts, New England, North Carolina, Oliver Ellsworth, Pierce Butler, Roger Sherman, Slavery, South Carolina, Virginia, William Davie, William Lloyd Garrison, William Samuel Johnson
