united states is a man from sumner county named isaac franklin who became very wealthy buying slaves in alexandria, virginia and transporting them initially, he made them walk by land through here and they put them on boats later and took them around florida to new orleans and up the river but he became one of the wealthiest men in the country in the slave business and there's a new book called the ledger and the chain in which the historian is taken all the financial records, this would be such tedious work and really drew some conclusions about isaac franklin's lucrative business so cotton wasn't just cotton. cotton meant enslaved people and that made the population of west tennessee grow so rapidly. let's move forward fast to secession and the civil war. east tennessee, mom and pop farms, no need for enslaved people, they can't raise cotton, the land is not right. it is hard subsistence farming. west tennessee are grow cultural abundance, lots of cotton being raised over there and in middle tennessee, we are the pivot of the seesaw if you will. are we going to vote with west tennessee on issues

moved down to washington about a decade ago, and i noticed right over the river in alexandria, there were still streets and roads named after confederates. and in charlottesville the statues were not put up right after the civil war to, they were erected in 1924 as symbols of white power. the ku klux klan held a parade to celebrate the statues. and we got around to discussing the dunnings rule, right? so follow my premise and then i'll let you take it away. i alluded to it before. as children, as young adults we're greeted by a certain set of values, beliefs, narratives. i call it the lining of the crib. and then when we're introduced to new ideas, it can be quite, you know, jarring to the senses. the dunning school interpretation of the confederacy and reconstruction just didn't come from some crazy guy in left field. it was a prestigious eye ivy league university, and that version of history dominated scholarship for about a century, right? so what was the dunning school, and why is it important? my long question. and why is that important for this discussion today. >> so dunning w

washington, i am a yankee i guess, moved down to washington dc a decade ago and noticed over the river in alexandria there still streets and roads named after confederates and i was puzzled why that would be the case and in charlottesville, statues were not put up right after the civil war to honor battlefield heroes, they were erected in 1924 as symbols of white power, the ku klux klan held a parade to celebrate statues and we got around to discussing the dining school. follow my premise and i will let you take away to explain the dining school. i alluded to it before his children and young adults, who have a certain set of values, beliefs, narratives and when introduced to new ideas it can be quite jarring to the senses, the dining school interpretation of the confederacy and reconstruction, from crazy guy and left field, a prestigious ivy league university, that narrative dominated scholarship for half a century so what was the dining school and why is it important? and why is that important for this discussion? >> dunning was historian at colombia university, he had a lot of influence on the way

united states man from sumner county named isaac franklin, it became very wealthy buying slaves in alexandria, virginia, and transporting them initially he made them walkti by the writer here. and then they put them on those later and took them on boats and took them around florida and new orleans and of the river. but he became one of the wealthiest men in the country in the slave business there's a new book called the venture in the chain which the historian is taken all of the financial records pretty this was such tedious work and really combed through their and draws the conclusion about isaac franklin in the business in slaves predict so cotton was not just cotton, it meant slaved people that's what brought the population that's what it in the city to grow so rapidly. let's move forward fast to the civil war. east tennessee, mom-and-pop farms and no need for cotton, no need for enslaved people, they can't raise cotton over there but weather is not right in the land is not right, it's persistent farming. an agricultural abundance, lots and lots of cotton being raised over there and here

cornelius, alexandria, louisiana, please go-- i had with your question or comment. caller: i want to thank c-span and god bless everyone and being an african-american mrs. wayne, i hope you do a book to her and stuff, like i said i'm in alexandria louisiana. we have a bible college named louisiana bible college and doctor brewer i think you would be a great guest to have to talk about your book and everything so i don't know if you are going to do a book to her or anything like that. i served in the military. i was a military police officer and a staff. i'm glad to the caller and questioners are asking you about afghanistan. i didn't serve in that war. i served from 79 to 94, but i hope you will do a book to her work i plan to your book. i hope you two are some colleges and stuff and god bless you and god bless america. thank you, mrs. wayne. guest: thank you. host: and it do you do book tours? do you enjoy them? guest: when people invite me too speak, but i self published my book so i don't have a publicist like people see me on tv. i come when they call me so c-sp

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