to be in washington. he was happy to be president but moving into the white house was not exactly, it was finished but not done. he could live in it but they didn't have the slaves so his wife would call led the drafty mansion to bathe then the potomac it wasn't as we see that now but it got there. cspan: you also talk about the structure being built

where the slaves are looking now of statute? >> they had to build the building had to live somewhere said they would build a shanty and this is something to interesting. there were others around the white house of love to see there was an ice house and stables and houses for the freed men and they were all the white house campus so what it looks like back then

that whole area is complete the different. >> back by james poole had 19 slaves? gimmicky bought all of the slayings. but he was one of the few people that decided that he needed the extra help while here in washington. he had slaves in tennessee and needed help and washington. >> >> but as a conservative? >> one of the faithful slaves t6 becomes a

political figure and decides he wants to run for office as a conservative be. even today there are not as many conservatives in the african-american community running for office says there are liberals. but elias polk was one of the first and that was not very popular standing along the slave voters me or the former slave voters when dash odors coming he was a big person and a mom got regular people. >> somebody that lives up to

let him go eventually to get the gold star. >> i have to give andrew jackson a gold star. but was willing to put himself on the line and to be sure the slaves that he bought that they couldn't stay on the heritage to become a part of that community time and time again stood up for the slaves that worked for them there was an african-american freed man working in the house.

>> but that was after beverly's no plaques said mckeon noted eating establishment in there is different talk of how the riot started in one discussion is it began because of a drunk soleil if you went after a household did it snowballed from there but what ended up happening is the establishment's into that been destroyed and many ended at been killed. and they worked for andrew jackson. cspan: know you will not take him. cspan: we're almost out of time. with one source of information to find the

stories? >> bell library of congress. the stories like these are always found within the margins. very few got to tell their own story. so to find their stories kodak can read the stories of the owners and the information and the orders left behind. that greatest repository came from the library of congress. . .