jefferson's death is a very sad time at monticello for many different reasons. jefferson struggled with debt his whole life. he died about $107,000 in debt, which is many millions of dollars in today's money, and the family were unable to keep monticello. , thehad to sell monticello land, the furnishings, and the home. most heartbreakingly of all, they had to sell about 130 enslaved african-americans. one of the slaves in the plantation recalled that jefferson's death was a time of great uncertainty amongst the enslaved community. you can imagine that enslaved people here would be worried that jefferson's death meant their families would be split apart, which is what ended up happening in many cases. the property in the 1830's would be bought by a man by the name of uriah levy, who was one of the first naval officers of jewish faith in the united states. family begand his the process of tracking down some of the original objects of the home, and in 1923, it was and theny's nephew, named jefferson munro levy, who sold this property to the thomas jefferson foundati

want them to understand that monticello nearly had 200 people living here during jefferson's time and most of them were enslaved. over the past several years, we have been working to restore the landscape of slavery to monticello. when you walk outside the house, you can understand that there was a center of industry and enslaved life, there. if you toured the south wing and you will see that this was a home for the people that jefferson enslaved, as well and that it was their work that made monticello what it was, and in many senses, may jefferson who he was. ien people leave monticello, hope they get a sense of the complexity of jefferson, but also how relevant his story is to the nation that we became. here is the man who wrote all men are created equal, yet was a slaveholder. here is the man who truly believed that government should be representative of the people, even though he was very much a virginia aristocrat. at the end of the day, jefferson had a very optimistic view of our nation and that we could govern ourselves. i hope people who leave understand that while monticello

jefferson enslaved here as well. that was it -- it was their work that may monticello what it was. in many instances, may jefferson who he was. when people leave monticello, i hope they get a sense of the complexity of jefferson, but also how relevant his story is to the nation that we became. here is a man who wrote, all men are created equal, and yet was a slaveholder. believedman who truly that government should be representative of the people, even though he was very much a virginia aristocrat. but jefferson at the end of the day, had a very optimistic view of our nation, and optimistic view that we could govern ourselves. thate people understand jefferson'sello was life work and he was always trying to perfect it, he also viewed the united states as that would never be perfected, that would need continual work. >> american history tv is joining our comcast-cable partners to showcase the history of charlie still, virginia. to learn more about the cities on our current to her, visit .-span.org/cities tour continue with our look at the history of chart -- charlottesville. >> charl

albemarle county has been home to two united states presidents, thomas jeffersons monticello, and james mun rose island. it's from albemarle county that meriwether lewis and william clark set off on their core discovery expedition, the first american expedition to cross but then american west. of course all these historic figures were prolific writers and chronicle of events of their times. giving us a front row seat in the formation of our country and our government. >> welcome to charlottesville, virginia, on booktv. founded in 1762, charlottesville is the seed of albemarle county with a population of about 50,000. known for its rich history, this he attracts numerous people every year to explore monticel monticello, the home of thomas jefferson as well as the university of virginia founded by jefferson in 1819. with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts.

thomas jefferson's little mountain, monticello. again o this mountain was part f jeffersons 2000-acre estate, which of course we should point out where hundreds of people of color were enslaved for many years. >> we can see mulberry road from up here as well. >> yes. jefferson considered the industrial part of his estate where he had a number of little factories and workshops that were manned by people of color. along there, just next to the garden. >> so we're getting more and more of a view of charlottesville. >> is in a great? >> what can we see from up here? >> you can see, the big white building right there, that's the university hospital. just be all that you can see the dome of the uva rotunda which is the historic core of university of virginia. just to the right of that you can see the big dome of the old university hall, the basketball arena which is built in the 1960s. and you can start to see really what is becoming a 21st century skyline of charlottesville. we are experiencing a tremendous boom in development and growth

. >> traveling to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you visited 20 years ago, you would have just seen jefferson's neoclassical villa. we wanted to restore the landscape. if you had come up this in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen would have been enslaved people. there would have been no place that slavery was not visible. we want to make that known to visitors who come here today. visit the miller center at the university of virginia to learn about their exploresr. text which the challenges u.s. presidents face their first year on the job. matteron johnson said no how big your majorities, you could one year before congress stops thinking about you and starts thinking about their own reelection. second year, all members of congress are thinking about their midterm election and are cautious about taking risks to help you get your agenda through. >> watch the tort of charlottesville, virginia at noon eastern on c-span 2's booktv. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. theow, a discussion on obama regulations. host: joining us no

oxford mississippi back on sunday two pm eastern on american history tv will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello >> if you had visited monticello say 20 years ago you would have come up the mountain and you would have just seen the beautiful neoclassical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape slavery. if you had come up the mountain top in jefferson's time time the first thing you would have seen was enslaved people. there would have been no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> will also visit the muller center at the university of virginia to learn about their first year project. this explores challenges us presidents face in the first year of the job we met lyndon johnson said when he became president, no matter how big your majority is, you get one year before congress stopped thinking about you and thinking about themselves and their own reelection. about january of your second-year, all the members of the congress are thinking about their midterm election

eastern on american history tv, we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you have visitedonticello, say, 20 years ago, you would have just seen jefferson's beautiful new classical villa, but what we wanted to do to change that, we remnants restore the of slavery, because if you come up this mountaintop and jefferson's time, the first thing you would've seen most likely would have been his slave people. no placeld have been on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible, and we wanted to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we will also visit the miller center at the university of virginia to learn about their first year project, which explores challenges u.s. presidents face in their first year on the job. >> lyndon johnson said when he became president, "no matter how big your majority, you get one year before they, the congress, stop thinking about you, the president, and starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. and in about january of your second year, after you have done your second year, all of the members of congress of t

mississippi when he passed away - on sunday on american history to be, we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticellowould have just seen the neoclassical villa but what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery because if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, the person you would've seen would have been enslaved people. there would've been no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we wanted to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. we will also visit the muller center to learn about their first year project on what challenges u.s. presidents face on their first year on the job >> lbj said no matter how big your majority, you get one year before they stop thinking about you and the congress starts thinking about themselves and their own reelection. in january of your second-year, all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election and they are really cautious about taking any risk to help you get your mandates an agenda through >> sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-sp

. >> at 2:00 pm eastern on american history tv we go to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> when we see jefferson's beautiful neoclassical villa, what we want to do is change that. when you came up the mountain top in jefferson, first thing you have seen most likely would be this. there would be no place on the mountaintop where slavery was not visible and we want to restore that, make that known to those who come here today. >> at the university of virginia we learn about the first year project which explores challenges us presidents face in their first year on the job. >> lyndon johnson said when he became president no matter how big your majority you get one year before congress stops thinking about you, the president and start thinking about themselves, their own reelection and in january of your second year after you have done your first year all the members of congress are thinking of the midterm election and are really cautious about taking a risk to help you get your mandate through. >> watch c-span cities tour of charlottesville, virginia at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and

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if you had visited monticello two years ago you would've come and you would have seen jefferson's beautiful neoclassical villa. but what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to distort the landscape of slavery. if you could come up the phone top endeavors time the first thing you would have seen most likely was enslaved people. there would have been no place on the phone top that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. connect will also visit the muller center at the university of virginia to learn about their first year project with explorers challenges presidents and their in the first year the job lyndon johnson said when he became president that no matter how big your majorities, you get one year. before congress are thinking about you and start speaking about themselves and their own reelection. at about january of your second year after you've done your first year, all the members of the congress about their midterm elections and they're really cautious about taking any risks help you get your mandates and agenda through

where we will go is the highest point on the state which jefferson called mount alto. >> are we seeing monticello over there? >> that is a little mountain. again, this mountain was part of jefferson's 2000-acre estate, which of course we should point out where hundreds of people of color were enslaved for many years. >> we can see mulberry road from appear as well. >> that was sort of the industrial parts of his estate where he had a number of little factories and workshops that were manned by people of color. and i was just next to the garden. >> so we are getting more of a view of charlotte. >> isn't this great. >> what can we see from up here? >> you can see the big white building is the university hospital. beyond that is the dome of the uva rotunda. that's the historic core of the university of virginia. into the right is the big dome of the old university hall, the basketball arena built in the 1960s. you can start to see really what is becoming the 21st century skyline of charlottesville. we are experiencing a tremendous a boom in development and growth and it's a good problem to have, but

monticello 20 years ago you would you have just seen jefferson's beautiful villa. but what we wanted to do is change that. we wanted to restore the landscape in slavery. if you came hereafter in jefferson's time the first thing you would see is enslaved people. no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. and we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we'll also visit the miller center the university of virginia to learn about their first year project which explores challenges u.s. presidents face in their first year on the job. >> as lyndon johnson said no matter now big your majority, you've get one year before the congress stops thinking about you the president and starts thinking about their own re-election and january of your second year, after you have done your first year, all the members of congress are thinking about their mid-term election and are caution about taking risks. >> watch the city's tour on saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> this

we travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you visited monticello 20 years ago you would've come up here and just seen jefferson's beautiful villa. but what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. because if you had come up with this mountaintop in his time you would have seen slaves. there would be no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. he wanted to restore that and make it two visitors that come here today. >> we also visit the miller center of the university of virginia to learn about their first year project.and the us presidents in the first year on the job. >> if lyndon johnson said when he became president no matter how big majority you get one year before the congress stop thinking about you, the president is just thinking about themselves. their own reelection. and in about january second year after you've done your first year, all members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. and they are really cautious about taking any risk to help you get your mandate and your agenda through. >> watches c-sp

on american history tv, we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you had visited monticello seenars ago, you had just his new beautiful classical villa. we wanted to change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time the first thing you would have seen was the enslaved people. no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that. make that known to visitors who come here today. university of virginia to learn about the first year project which explores challenges u.s. presidents face in their first year on the job. >> lyndon johnson said when he became president, no better -- no matter how big your majority is you get one year before congress stop thinking about you and starts thinking about themselves. yearry of your second after you have done your first year all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm elections and they are really cautious about taking any risk to help you get your mandates and your agenda through. noon eastern on c-span twos book tv. 2:00 p.m. o

. >> onas you can american historo to thomas jefferson in monticello. o andsited 20 years he would have seen jefferson beautiful villa. what we want to do was change that. we wanted to explore the landscape because if you had come up in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen was likely would be enslaved people. there was the place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. forant to restore that visitors coming today. >> we will visit the miller center of the university of virginia to learn about their first year project and the challenges the u.s. president space on their first year on the job. hit -- how they the majority, you have one year before the congress something about you, the president and start thinking about themselves. about january of your second year after you have done the first year, all the members of congress arts inc. -- i thinking about the midterm election and cautious about making any w risks. >> watch the c-span cities tour on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3 and visit

susan stein, vice president of thomas jefferson monticello.ical society. catherine robinson, president and ceo of historical charleston foundation. david roselle comes executive director of the museum, garden and library. beth hill, president and ceo of fort ticonderoga in new york. and bonnie joe griffith of the delaware tribe of indians. [applause] >> and now i'd like to introdue the members of the board of directors of the museum of the american revolution. will you raise your hand so everyone knows where you are and that you are here today. [applause] use of the volunteers who have guided and sustained the multiyear initiative to create the museum. and now it is a very great pleasure to welcome the mayor of the great city of philadelphia, mayor jim kinney. [applause] >> good morning everyone. i can't tell you how proud i am as a native lifelong philadelphia and to be stand here in front of this building and in front of all the great dignitaries that of kinder today. i personally am very much honored. it's fantastic to see so many out there

brian: in your lifetime, you've been involved with jefferson and monticello, the whole sally hemmings relationship, they thought very hard to not expose it. what impact has that had on jefferson's character? david: it has had impact and it always will. the fact that he played -- that he paid reporters to smear john adams. he was funding that. --ferson destroyed every e destroyed every letter he ever wrote to his wife and she wrote to him. what does that tell us? we don't know. washington did the same thing. we cannot really know those men as i wish we could. -- adam'sthe atom papers, there are thousands of letters between john and abigail adams. if only we could have some from jefferson and washington. they are always in debt. john adams was not in debt. i think we need to know more about bp or to. ritans.t the pu the idea that they all dressed black and never smiled and is not like having a good time, not true. not -- and did not like having a good time, not true. form.ry was bad you do not act that way and you are not older. -- you are not vulgar. my great-grandmother was german and

. >> we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you would've met -- visited 20 years ago, you would've just seen jefferson's beautiful new villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape. if you came up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, the first thing you would've seen most likely would be his slave people. about january of your second year after you've done your first year, all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm elections. they are cautious about taking any risk to help you get your mandate and your agenda through. >> watch the c-span cities tour at noon. we are working with our cable affiliates in visiting cities across the country. >> now kathleen sebelius talks about end-of-life care.

brian: in your lifetime, you've been involved with jefferson and monticello, the whole sally hemmingselationship, they fought very hard to not expose it. what impact has that had on jefferson's character? david: it has had impact and it always will. the fact that he paid reporters to smear john adams. he was funding that. not the rules of the game and jefferson destroyed every letter he ever wrote to his wife and she wrote to him. what does that tell us about him? i don't know. washington did the same thing. it is a shame because we cannot really know those men as i wish we could. you take the adam's papers, there are thousands of letters between john and abigail adams. they are marvelous, touching, revealing letters. if only we could have some from ofilar window on the lives jefferson and washington. they are always in debt. john adams was never in debt, but he never had any money. it was a different ethic. i think we need to know more about the puritans. the puritans were not what most people imagine, and i am finding out that with some of the characters i'm working on it i knew a l

we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you had visited monticello 20 years ago, you would have come up and just seen jefferson's beautiful neoclassical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery because if you had come up this mountain top in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen would be enslaved people. there would have been no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we will visit the muller center to learn about their first year project which explore challenges presidents face their first year on the job. >> lbj said no matter how big your majority is, you have one year before they, the congress stop thinking about you and starts thinking about themselves. they are all in reelection. in about january of your second year, after you've done your first year, all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. they are really cautious about taking any risk to help you get your mandate and your agenda

. >> sunday we'll travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you had visited 20 years ago, you would have just seen jefferson's beautiful neo classical villa. what we wanted to do was changes that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. if you had come up this mountain in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen was slaves. we want to restore that, make that 2340e7b to visitors who come here today. >> we'll also visit the miller center at the university of virm to learn about their first year project with the challenges u.s. presidents faced in their first year on the job. he said no matter how big your majority, you get one year before the congress stops thinking about you, the president and they start thinking about themselves. and by the second year they're thinking about their midterm election and they're cautious about taking any risks to help you get your agenda through. >> watch the tour of charlottesville, virginia. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates and cities across the country. now more from the consumers of ame

he cooks for jefferson for that 1801 in monticello. >> right. right. t was sally having his older brother and james was 19 and jefferson got appointed to become minister of france, he takes hemmings over to france with him and for three years has him trained as a classical french chef. spends a lot of money to do this. he installs hemmings as his. >> all the money he didn't pay him for being enslaved. >> but when he finishes his training he pays hemmings. he brings him back and he's here in philadelphia. as you know, in the the mid- 1790s, having says i want to be free. jefferson agrees to do this on two conditions. one, you have to teach other enslaved people on monticello how to cook. i spent all this money training you, i want you to impart does not. two, you two, you have to leave behind your recipes. hemmings does this and then he's free on february 5, 179696. what you see rolling through here is a list of all the kitchen utensils that were at monticello and that is written in hemmings hand. that's at the library of congress if you ever want to see

jefferson's mind. this guy was constantly learning , combine the idea of signs and knowledge with discovery. >> were heading to the top of the hill. wechsler climbing monticello. this was over 2000 acres in thomas jefferson's estate. and where were going to go is the highest point on that former estate which jefferson called mount alto. mountain,e little thomas jefferson's little mountain. this was part of jefferson's 2000 acre estate which of course whereuld point out hundreds of people of color were enslaved for many years. >> and we can see mulberry road from a peer as well. it theon considered industrial part of his estate where he had a number of little factories and workshops that were manned by people of color, along in there, just next to the garden. ofwe will get more and more view of charlottesville. what can we see from up here? the big white building is the university hospital and just beyond that you can see the dome the historictunda, core of the university of virginia. just to the right of that you see the big dome of the old university hall, basketball arena that was built in the 1960's. you can see what's becoming the 21st century skyline of

eastern will travel to thomas jefferson's monist monticello. ou would've seen the beautiful classical villa. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. if you come up this mountain top in jefferson's time, the first thing you would've seen most likely would be the enslaved people. there would have been no place on this mountain top that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we will visit the miller center at the university of virginia to learn about their first year project where they challenge the presidents faith on the job. >> lyndon johnson said, the matter how big your majority is, you get one year before the congress stops thinking about you the president and start thinking about themselves, their own reelection. about january of your second year after you have done your first year, all members of congress are thinking about midterm elections. they're cautious about taking any risk to help you get your mande and your agenda through. >> watch the cities tour today at noon e

eastern on american history tv, we'll travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> so if you visited monticelloy, 20 years ago you would have come up the mountain and you would have just seen jefferson's beautiful, neo classical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape from slavery. if you had come up this mountain top in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen most likely would have been slave people. there would have been no place on this mountain top that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we'll also visit the miller center at the university of virginia to learn about their first year project, which explores challenges u.s. presidents face in their first year on the job. >> lyndon johnson said when he became president, no matter how big your majority is, you get one year before they, the congress, stops thinking about you, the president, and starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. and at about january of your second year after you've done your first year, al

of course jefferson's conception is that everybody ought to be a small farmer, maybe except the guy who lives on top of monticello at least in the abstract jefferson has an idea and he says if the american indians could be incorporated into our culture than they would be fit citizens of the united states. this is an ongoing dispute. one way this manifests now is that if you go see monticello one of the first things you encounter is a large set of antlers. i caution you, don't think this means he had bad taste as a decorator. maybe it means that, what it also is his propaganda. in the same elk are bigger than anything you have in europe. this shows that north america animals are not degenerate. send me a woolly mammoth. why would you honor think there'd be a willing mammoth. they do things differently there. jefferson was living in a time when there had not been europeans going to the west encino was there. he thought mastodon still roamed the earth. if one of them could only be obtained and sent to, this would prove that north american it animals were better than european. he had to be content with the moose. fro

. >> sunday 2:00 eastern on american history tv, we will travel with thomas jefferson's monticello. > visited monticello 20 years ago -- he would've come up and just seen jeffersons beautiful neoclassical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery because if you would come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, first thing you would have seen would be enslaved people. there would have been no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. , maket to restore that that known to visitors who come here today. >> we will visit the university theirginia to learn about first year project, which explores challenges u.s. presidents face on the first year on the job. >> as lyndon johnson said when he became president, helping your majority you get one year -- the congress stop thinking about you the president and starts thinking about themselves, their reelections. yearnuary of your second after you have done your first year, all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm elections. they're cautious about taking any risks

this country's birthplace is not a constitution hall in philadelphia or the big house of monticello blurred jefferson wrote the declaration of independence by the light of a lamp brought to him move felt the deed of ownership and the mother of his children. you think the country is crazy that this will place to start looking. the country is really born in the bottom of the land to ecosure bitterly in the abyss where millions of dead and africans with steady enormous death machine built for capitalism and they started this country to undergird the economic system is run the country begins a 6,000,007,000,000 or 8 million reno lot more because it is big business. make kept records so no with the database but what the old spiritual call from our inception what has divided us with race in america. the all important question that the heart of this country's birth in and that is what will be the role? '' will be their place in a democracy or the vision i use the word ironically. live 57 years old i did not expect to be facing brown vs. board of education. [applause] i have another thing or two in mind. we

jefferson's mind, this guy who was constantly learning. the idea of science knowledge with discovery. >> we are heading to the top of the hell now. >> yes, climbing monticello. acres of estate. we are going to go to the highest point, which jefferson called note also. that is the little mountain. was part ofn jefferson's 2000 acre estate. of course, we should point out where hundreds of people of color were enslaved for many many years. >> and we can see mulberry road from appearance as well. >> that's right, mulberry row, jefferson considered it the industrial part of his estate, of littlead a number factories and workshops that were manned a people of color, just next to the garden. >> we are getting more and more of a few of charlottesville. appear?? we see from >>. university hospital, just beyond that the dome of the uva rotunda. that's the historic core of the university of virginia. to the right of that, you can see the big dome of the old university hall, that was pulled to the very 60's. thecan see what is becoming 21st century skyline of charlottesville. we are experiencing a tremendous boom in development. it's a good problem to have, but it is s

. >> what monticello, thomas jefferson's home which i believe is the only private house that is on the world heritage list, the united nations. it is my pleasure to welcome kevin who is associate professor

monticello. thomas jefferson out war. let's give him a big round of a applause. mark fisher is the co-author of that same book, trump revealed. he is an editor editor at the washington post and history of radio and after the wall. he received pulitzer prizes in 2016, 2014 for reporting on police shootings in government surveillance. let's give this whole entire panel around of applause. c of course, these gentlemen are authors and their authors of these major books you see before you and they are for sale in you can purchase them after the q&a session but we want to start with each author talking about their book.. before i do that, i forgot to introduce the moderator. april ryan. white house correspondent and washington bureau chief of the american radio network.te the author of the latest book. i've been at the white house for four president. >> the book was born of my experience as a journalist and an interviewer and asking questions of all sorts andes ranges of people. artists, scientists and businest leaders and yes, politicians. the recognition and the real

jefferson's conception conception was everyone should be a farmer everywhere. unless the guy who lives in monticello. at least in the abstract, jefferson has this idea. he says if the american indians could be incorporated into our culture than they would be fit citizens of the united states. this is an ongoing dispute. one way that its manifest, even now, if you go see monticello and you walk in the front door the first thing you'll encounter is a large set of antlers. i caution you, don't think this means that jefferson had bad taste as a decorator. it might mean that what it really it's his propaganda. this is saying look, elk are bigger than anything you have in europe. right ? this shows that the north american animals aren't degenerate, jefferson thought. he sent lewis and clark to oregon and said send me a woolly mammoth. i want a woolly mammoth. why would you think there would be a woolly mammoth? this is amazing. this could pass as a foreign country. jefferson was living in a time where europeans were not going to the west and seeing what was there and he thought mastodons were still roamin

monticello. thomas jefferson at war. a big round of applause. and marc fisher, a senior editor at the "washington post" and author of something in the air, history of radio and germany after theberline wall and received put litter prices in 2016, 2014, for reporting on police shootings and government surveillance and let's give the whole entire panel a round of applause. [applause] >> and of course, these gentlemen are authors and authors of these major books you see before you and they're for sale and you can purchase them after this q & a session. want to start off with each author talking -- i forget to introduce the moderator. april ryan. white house correspondent and washington bureau chief for the urban radio narrative. the author of the latest book, black and white. i've been the white house for 20 years covering now four presidents. and with that, let go to frank sis dis -- frank sis noh. >> my park is born of be viewer and asking questions of all ranges of people. artists, scientists and business leaders and, yes, politicians. and the r

authored biographies of mitt romney, john kerry and is also the author of the flight from monticello how thomas jefferson. at four. let's give him a big round of applause.om [applause] and mark is the co-author of the same book, trump revealed and is the senior editor at the "washington postof the"washingtf something in the air. on germany after the berlin wall. he received pulitzer prize priz0 2016, 2014 for reporting on police shootings and government surveillance. let's give the whole panel a round of applause. [applause] c and of course these gentlemens d are authors of these major booka you see before you and they are for sale and you can purchase them after this q-and-a session that wbut we want to start withh author. before i do that i forgot to introduce the moderator, apriled ryan, white house correspondent and washington bureau chief, the author of the latest book on black-and-white. i've been at the white house for 20 years now covering for presidents and wait for that let's go to frank to talk about this great book. >> the book was born on my experience as a journalist and interviewer and ask

jefferson lived in a wonderful world at the top of monticello divorced from the real world. , he hated commerce and banking. when we had a panic in new york in 1793 with bank stocks that suddenly crash, jefferson was delighted. he calculated they had lost $25 million. jefferson loved to calculate things. he said that was about the value of if the whole city of new york had been burned down. that thoroughly pleased thomas jefferson. hamilton had much clearer vision of where the world was going. i'm not sure jefferson ever read the wealth of nations, which hamilton certainly did. carol: but he certainly did borrow from, that is he read, of how britain had risen to power through the creation of a public debt. he was more than willing to borrow those ideas. i don't dig it was because he wanted to be britain, it was because he wanted to best britain. john: i think he looked at britain as the most successful model of all the european countries. britain was a far better governed place than say, prerevolutionary france. the people, their rights for -- their rights were much more protected in b

jefferson. my first visit to a historic site was when i was 15, to charlottesville to monticello. i came back just thrilled to have seen that. there is nothing like taking your children or grandchildren to a historic site to light the fire of interest in our story as a nation -- as a people. it works. take them to story -- it doesn't have to be monticello or gettysburg, it can be all kinds of things. in any event, -- pardon me? >> mount vernon. david: what did i say? i was plugging you yeah. [laughter] monticello. [laughter] --ticello is the first place a historic site i visited. a group of pittsburgh, pennsylvania and i was interested in history. what i want to monticello things changed. when i started to read about adams, i thought, what an amazing story. when i begin to try to get inside jefferson's life i thought, their roadblocks everywhere. far into the very personal life, you can't get close to the human being the way you can with others, particularly adams. jefferson destroyed every letter his wife ever wrote to them. he destroyed every letter he wrote to her. he would ref

. >> if you visited monticello 20 years ago you would have just seen jefferson's neoclassical villa. we wanted to restore the landscape. thing you would have likely seen would be enslaved people. there would be no place that slavery was not visible. we want to make that known to visitors who come here today. >> explores challenge -- >> as lyndon johnson said when he became president, no matter how big you are a majority you get one year before the congress starts think -- stops thinking about you and starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. in january of your second year, all members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. they are cautious about taking any risk. the city tour of charlottesville virginia. on book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on c-span3. cableg with our affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> american history tv, the cultural services division of the french embassy in new york city hosted a discussion about the 1986 nuclear weapons summit between

history tv, .e will travel to monticello >> if you had visited monticello 20 years ago, you would've come up the mountain and seen jeffersons beautiful classical novella -- develop. if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have people.ld be enslaved there would've been no place on --s mountaintop that slavery we want to restore that and make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we want to -- we will also visit the miller center at the university of virginia, the challenges u.s. presidents faced the first year on the job. >> lyndon johnson said, no matter how big your majority is, you get one year before the congress stops thinking about you and starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. at about january of your second year, all of the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election and they are really cautious on not taking any risks to help you get your mandate and your agenda. >> what's c-span cities tour, saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. house press secretar

monticello, things changed. when i started to read about adams, i thought what an amazing story. ofn i began to get inside jefferson's life, there were roadblocks everywhere. you cannot get very far in the personal life. jefferson destroyed every letter his wife ever wrote to him. he destroyed every letter he wrote to her. he would write friends of theirs, who might have received a letter from his wife, saying if you have any letters from my wife, i would love to have them. then he would destroy them. why he did that, we will never know. we don't even know what she -- looks like. the more i read about her, the i ami in impressed -- impressed. you cannot understand him without understanding her. the first seven president of the united states, john adams was the only one who never owned a slave. not because hee, cannot afford one. abigail's feelings were even more strongly voiced than his. the next president to not own a slave was john quincy adams, his son. talk about influence. talk about setting an example. talk about not being inconsistent. them -- the utmost importance. among many of the new englanders who fought

-- that they are the legateess not just of thomas jefferson but also of the hemmings family atment cello. i'm now working with the folks at monticello to try to figure out how to tell sally helping's story as well. we are the legatees of the pain as well as promise so i think -- i think it's -- for me as a historian it's what really gives me great pleasure that -- that so many of the people who have come into this field have kind of a brave, courageous. this is an exhibit here of a very difficult time in brooklyn. we know about the draft riots in manhattan. well, there are draft riots right over here. >> tobaccos. >> and the liggett tobacco company which some of you may remember which was on television. anyway, so i think it's -- it's a subject that i think really gives me some interest and some encouragement i think. >> great. thank you. so let's -- let's turn it over to you for a few minutes. meredith has a microphone, and we would love some questions. not a shy audience, good. >> yes. i would like to know have you run into any problems with putting up exhibits where people say no you can't do that? you can't say that? we wouldn't