in the same vein john gads by took out a runaway advertisement for john how and his mother. john how is about 25 years old. his free mother, sarah howe was about 40 to 50. john gads by offered reward for both of their captures. again, the evidence slows to a crawl in about 1818 just before gads by sells his indian queen hotel. in 1819 he announced his retirement from the public life and sells his lands, livestock, coaches from his passenger and mail line and states 20 or 30 enslaved people were to be hired out. it is highly likely he sold many of the people he had in 1810 and may have purchased while he had the hotel in baltimore. the census record for 1820 states he only had 15 people, about a third of the people he had in 1810. there are no records that he freed anyone. and even accounting for deaths and runaways it is very likely he sold at least 30 since he wouldn't have even had a place to house them. john gads by stated he was retiring from the public life. it's clear that upon arriving in d.c. he did anything but. he purchased franklin house in 1823 and later in 1827

nonetheless it is clear that john gads by's role in the slave trade is a complex one. it challenges our ideas of who slave traders were, how they operated and how insidious the commerce was in antebellum society. thank you all so much. plaus laws plaus [ applause ] >>> now, alexandria, now we move across the square tore decatur house. he's done a wonderful job. moves well into the 19th century as well as into the nearby neighborhoods. her work on paul jennings was spurred by her time at madison's montpellier home where she was director of education. the topic in general by her prior work at monticello as director of interpretation. her new book, enslaved in the white house, paul jennings and the madisons is receiving great acclaim. most impressively beth has stared down jon stewart on "the daily show" with an irony-free performance. please join me in welcoming l elizabeth dowelling taylor. [ applause ] >> paul jun dimension knew lafayette square like the back of his hand. he lived in the white house when it was the only structure facing the square, then known as presid