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rt
M onth, I will fax or mail those par
ticulars you requested. In the interim
ficult to put closure on a
I cite you the following in your prepa
series here; especially if it
ration o f lesson plans and other
has created as m uch reader interest
m aterials relevant to this chapter of
as last w eek’s "C onclusion" which
A m erican history.
highlighted the "L ew is And Clark
T hese citations - by Docum ent
E x p ed itio n ” (PB S S pecial: “T he
N um ber' are from that final author
Journey o f the C orp o f D iscovery").
ity, “C o m m a g e r’s d o cu m en ts o f
Yes, dear readers, I w as aw are of
Am erican History .” A reference book
the earlier explorations (not discov
at your dow ntow n Public Library
eries) o f the Frenchm an. Sieur de La
108. The Cession O f L ouisiana
Salle (1643 - 1687). His extensive
April 30, 1803
m appings and claim s on "T he North
(M alloy, ed. T reaties, C onven
A m erican Frontiers” was the predi
tions, etc., Vol. 1, p. 508 ff.)
cation for later F rench colonization
By the Treaty o f Fontainebleau of
that made T hom as Jefferso n ’s life
1762, France ceded Louisiana west
miserable.
o f the M ississippi to Spain. See Shep
You d o n ’t "discover" space that
h erd , “C e ssio n o f L o u isia n a to
others have occupied for thousands
Spain", Pol. Sci. At. Vol. XIX, p.
o f years. Not even a m agician like
439. By the secret Treaty o f St.
D avid Copperfield
Ildefonso, Spain ceded this territory
And yes, teachers and readers who
back to France.
asked in advance o f Black History
T his substitution of a powerful for
om etim es it is very d if
a weak neighbor along the M ississippi
and at New O rleans caused consterna
tion in the W est and to Jefferson and
his advisers. Congress appropriated
$2,000,000 for the purchase of New
O rleans, and Jefferson dispatched
Monroe toco-operate with Livingston
to negotiate the purchase
For reasons prim arily concerned
with the critical m ilitary situation on
the Continent, N apoleon decided to
sell to the U nited States the w hole of
Louisiana, and the cession was a c
cordingly made.
By aconvention o f April 3 0 ,1803,
the United States agreed to pay sixty
m illion to France for Louisiana.
The text follow s but I’m sure you
noted that very, very, short reference
to N apoleon and "the critical m ili
tary situation on the continent” - no
re fe re n c e to th e b la ck g e n e ra l
T oussaint L’O uverature whose W est
Indies arm ies consistently defeated
N apoleon on this side o f the Atlantic
Napoleon could not hold these
colonies, including the Louisiana Ter
ritory, and win in Europe at the same
time; even with his many black g en
erals and elite troops and personal
guards.
This is why I recom m ended last
week that you get "B efore The M ay
flow er” , L eone B ennett, and the
Black History books authored by the
famed J A. Rogers.
C hapter 5 of the first book is espe
cially relevant, “Slave Revolts and
Insurrections" pp. 97 to 126.
Hollyw ood and academ ics w ould
never dare let the public or students
know that there were m assive suc
cessful slave revolts w hose co n se
q u e n c e s m o d ifie d the sp a c e o f
Am erica and the world.
rhese revelations may be obtained
at the "R eflections Book Store" on
N F K illingsw orth
Students Prepare For
College
B y M ark F loyd
Oregon Slate University student,
faculty and administrative leaders will
host a special event in Portland on Dec.
4 to help African American Students in
area high schools begin preparing for
college.
The event. "Explore the Possibili
ties: Education Beyond High School,"
is aimed at students in grades nine
through 12, It will run from 7-9 p in. at
SelfFnhancement, Inc.,3920N. Kerby
Ave. in Portland.
"W e arc in\ ¡ting African American
Students, their parents and community
leaders to learn more about what it takes
to begin preparing for a four-year uni
versity, regardless of which university
that may be," said Louan Johnson,
marketing assistant at OSU.
Scheduled speakers include OSU
President Paul Risser; Rep. Margaret
Carter, D-Portland, an OSU alum; and
Paul James, newly hired cixwdinalorof
the university’s Ujima Education Of
fice.
A panel of OSU students will dis
cuss theirow ncollcgc preparations and
their experiences at Oregon State, and
answer questions from tlx; audience.
Panelists include sen io r N ikia
Braxton, a member of O SU 's Univer
sity Honors College, president of the
O SUchapterofDeltaSigma'rheta.and
a 1993gradualeofBenson Pblytechnical
High School; Jody Brooks, a master’s
degree candidate in health and human
performance fnxn Columbia,S.C.;Tory
Campbell, a junior in political science,
president of the Residential Housing
Association, and 1995 graduate of
Marshall High School; and Charlee
Body, a senior in human development
and family science coordinator.
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