elected to theas union, he does what he can to district.this they adopt martin q. powell in wisconsin. he comes to the house chamber. we don't know about powell. years old. we know his family came over and theeard reports that he was first african-american page. they ripped and teased him before i came onboard. served for about a year. he's the only instance of a page the house in the 1800s that we know of. leaves, theafter he and snimction era ends crow were going to place and in ashington, d.c. and the appointment of after write can to 1256 positions subsides after that. 1800s, there the are no african-americans serving in the house. >> one of the great things is lthough we don't have images and little information about what his experience was, we in the records of the treat ooens man bank. he's depoz silling it in his account. think it's fascinating and gripping because it's such an example of something set up in the reconstruction. the war ends. to serve the needs of african-americans. he was born to free african-americans in manchester. hen used the new programs and