abolitionists such as william lloyd garrison did not of course not notice oco funds cabin. is anti-abolitionist newspaper, the liberator, published a story in january of 1853 called "uncle tom's cabin" media. in which, i am paraphrasing, it is such a manic love of this book and that folks have really attached themselves to the characters, he says it's taking away from the power to end abolition. folks are getting lost in the human connections they're making with these characters and a melodrama in the style attribute "uncle tom's cabin" was so popular as a stage production that more americans saw the play then read the book. also speaking to the popularity can one of the first movies ever made in the united states was a porter at this and film, "uncle tom's cabin," in 1903. for everyone knew the story for it was going to sell. people would buy the tickets were stage production or a film, and he was just part of american culture, and still is today. her characters you will see you on the poster, this is supposed to be the liza and her son harry and enslaved people who are es

reason to believe that abraham lincoln, the statesmen and opportunists was morally inferior to william lloyd garrison, the profit. the statesmen must be judged in terms that take account for the limitations of human society which the statesmen must of the prophet need not consider. it's. that is the moral underpinning of this book. i laid out in the internet now read more from there. >> there are two keys to unlocking the secrets of american politics in american political history.

reason to believe that abraham lincoln, the statesmen and opportunists was morally inferior to william lloyd garrison, the profit. the statesmen must be judged in terms that take account for the limitations of human society which the statesmen must of the prophet need not consider. it's. that is the moral underpinning of this book. i laid out in the internet now read more from there. >> there are two keys to unlocking the secrets of american politics in american political history. from historians and their enthusiasm from inside of a new and attractive sort have mislead the skis and are now are hidden from sight. once recovered though and put to use, the keys quickly demonstrate their usefulness. the first key is to recognize both are permanent and the effectiveness of the partisanship of party politics. americans have been well to believe these things. the funny generation distrusted parties. the framers the constitution designed a national government they hoped would avoid partisanship to base their destructive tendencies. more than 100 years later reformers of the progressive era slowly distrusted

reason to believe that abraham lincoln, the statesman and opportunist, was morally inferior to william lloyd garrison, the prophet. the moral achievement of a statesman must be judged in terms which take into account the limit of human society which the prophet need not consider. that is the moral underpinning of this book. and i lay it out in the introduction, and i'll read some more from there. there are two keys to unlocking the secrets of american politics and american political history. current historians in their enthusiasm for incite of a new and attractive sort have mislaid these keys, and now they are hidden from sight. once recovered, though, and put to use, the keys quickly demonstrate their usefulness. the first key is to recognize both the permanent be reality and the effectiveness of partisanship and party politics. americans have been loathe to believe these things. the founding generation distrusted parties. the frame beers of the constitution designed a national government they hoped would avoid partisanships, debase ambitions and destructive tendencies. americans in our own time, we

abolitionists such as william lloyd garrison did not of course not notice of "uncle tom's cabin." is anti-abolitionist newspaper, the liberator, published a story in january of 1853 called "uncle tom's cabin" mania. in which he goes, i'm paraphrasing, that is such a manic love of this book in that folks have really attached himself to the characters, that he says it's taking away from the power to end abolition. folks are getting lost in the human connections they're making with these characters and the melodrama in the style future. "uncle tom's cabin" was so popular as a stage production that more americans saw the play then read the book. it also, speaking to the popularity, one of the first movies ever made in the united states was a porter edison film, "uncle tom's cabin," in 1903 the everyone knew the story. was going to sell. people would buy the tickets for stage production for a film, and he was just part of anakin culture and still is today. her characters, you will see you on the poster, this is supposed to be the lives of in her son harry and there are enslaved people

right i shudder to think where america would be if our preachers had not taken time, from william lloyd garrison, henry thoreau, dr. king, dorothy day, mother teresa, bishop tutu, and so many others. i shudder to think what this country would be if somebody did not stand up and say this issue is not democrat or republican, it is not left versus right come it really is about what is right versus what is wrong based on the constitutional value. good morning, everybody. the asians have a better employment rate out of all three .roups may be c-span or your group can do a study and find out why the families are outperforming us in the job market. maybe you guys can do a study on that. find out what they are doing that we should be doing. what we need to do is look at what we are doing in society. we needed a marshall plan in appalachia, whether -- where .here is deep white poverty he said if we don't do it, we would end up in recession, and we did. you are going to have an economic discussion, you have to look at a number of things. if the minimum wage had kept , it would belation well over $15 an ho

william lloyd garrison toiled at a small abolitionist press for 30 years, refusing to compromise with clay, with clay's desire to send the slaves back to africa. garrison was beaten, chased by mobs, and imprisoned for his principled stand. frederick douglass traveled the country at the time. he was a free black man but traveled at great personal risk throughout the countryside and proved that he was the living, breathing example that intellect and leadership could come from a recently freed slave. >> we are back. and we are with another guest that i'd like to introduce. alstein turley, history professor at the university of louisville. welcome to our discussion of henry clay. bnch r before we get to the area where you have spent a lot of your scholarship, slavery in the time period of henry clay, talk to me in the general sense of your impressions of clay and his legacy. what are your views of this man? >> i think the image of him as a rock star and popular candidate, political figure, is very impressive. he is a lightning rod. he seems to be able to get people fired up either for or

the great, great granddaughter of william lloyd garrison, the great, great granddaughter of a black abolitionists who lives right here in boss and the great, great grandson who is a distinguished professor, american from cornell university who was a prominent political abolitionists. he wrote to me. so i've been getting messages literally from the direct descendents of the abolitionists and one that's interesting to me about many of these people is they are still fairly active. they are active in various causes. in fact, some of them are holding a vigil against capital punishment, against death penalty today greater boston commons. i should mention that today is the international day of remembrance in terms of slavery and the slave trade. there are people who are still involved in active in some of these causes and i think that is really the enduring legacy of the abolition of that. -- movement. [inaudible] >> i think i'm getting a signal that we need to wrap a period i know c-span district with its time limits. perhaps we should call it anything at least as far as this part of the program is con