not the abolitionist but he was naturally anti-slavery that deepening understanding of the complexity the moral political constitutional dilemma began in his childhood the anti-a slavery dissidents in kentucky and indiana whose churches they attended and as a boy he would go down the mississippi river to new orleans he discovered it was the open air emporium slaves on auction on display and it shocked him as a congressman and he lived in a boarding house and experience to the invasion of slave catchers undoubtedly he knew the secret of the house where he lived it was a station of the of for ground railroad. they booted members times against the expansion in the of slavery in with the quiet assistance of the of leading abolitionist, he drafted a bill for emancipation in the district of columbia something he would make good on even before the emancipation and proclamation was issued but why even today there is emancipation day. but it never even received a single hearing in the housearin then he came home to that of security at bell lowest moment of political despair marked by a widespr

stuart excitedly asked herndon if lincoln signed the abolitionist call in the newspaper. i answered in the negative, adding, that i had signed his name. to the question, did lincoln authorize you to sign it, and i returned an emfat tick -- emfattic, no. claimed startled and indignant stewart, you have ruined abraham lincoln. i thought i understood lincoln thoroughly, herndon said, in order to vindicate myself i immediately sat down after stewart rushed out of the office to write lincoln in the county and attending court. how much stir it was creating in the ranks of his conservative friends. if approved or disapproved my course i asked him to write or telegraph me at once. in a brief time came his answer. all right, go ahead. we'll meet you, radicals and all. at that meeting on february 22nd, 1856, george schneider, editor of the german language newspaper propose ad plank denouncing the no-nothings. the nativists present strongly opposed it. the conference threatened totheo collapse. snyder announced he would submit his resolution to lincoln and abide by his decision. gen

raced $4000 of the price of the land from many members including abolitionists and the abolitionist. this is probably a picture of the time when she knew harriet beecher so. harriet gave her a quarter of the proceeds. abolitionistfamous wrote a famous publication and many african-american residents were also among the contributors. publishers and friends contributed to school books and a small library. many who could afford it paid one dollar and $.50 per month. when she first moved to the new exposed she felt pretty to external threats and she was right to because is fitted during the early days people threw stones at the buildings and were a menace to the property. to intimidate would-be harassers she practiced shooting a pistol in the front lawn. she felt a lot safer when she built a high fence and the nightlife started coming to her aid. one student described her later as one of the bravest women i have ever known. she stood bravely at the window with the revolver and said she would shoot the first man who came to the door. they would leave at once. woke her up and help to put it

the time would soon come in which we must be democrats or abolitionists since do it. and stewart went eventually join the democrats. when that time comes, my mind is made up lincoln replied. the slavery question cannot the compromise. lincoln expressed to many of his friends, his anger at the rising slave power he had observed in kentucky. he was livid that in antislavery trend nine whig lawyer would be there and he would be elected to the supreme court. lincoln described privately, young fellows and getting headed kentucky slaveholders with slaves trudging behind them. the most glittering, ostentatious and displaying property in the world. human property. lincoln would get excited on the questions that one of his friends and believed that the tendency of the time was to make slavery universal. he told another friend in a few years we will be ready to accept the insufficient in illinois and the whole country will adopt it. the todd ayres case with this hidden history left lincoln smoldering in private until he emerged five years later. at the time for lincoln to step

and not only were most of these early women abolitionists, they were among the most radical abolitionists in the country. they started a second movement where they would not even use a product that was known to have been made with enslaved labor. think about it. this takes a lot of trouble. they had spores we have whole foods we can just go by free goods in the clothes the free produce movement fiercely did not wear cotton. they did not trade in cotton. if not sugar during this period. they may not have molasses or rice or anything else you can think of that came from the hands of somebody enslaved in the south. in a couple of, and one of the was an organizer from her family ran one of the stores. so that was interesting to me and at the same time almost all of them, the first room that organized it you know their homes were also known stations on the underground railroad. and all through the literature about the woman suffrage meant for every now and then up top a letter from soma describing whoever they were hiding last week, susan b anthony talks about outfitting families to take over.

>> i the guy was most surprised by the fact they were all abolitionist. i don't think anybody ever really said that. riot are writing about a band of white women. claman glad the story was deeper root than that and i am happy that i found out that was not the story. >> i just lived a the subject and was the president that is now a historic site if you have not been there you should go now a national park service site where alice paul went in and 8029 where she wrote the era amendment after suffrage but they were there to take a vintage to be next door to the capital. your panel is great and having a good turnout. there is a project at the wilson center that is trying by 2050 to have 50/50 women and men in government worldwide. and the comment i would make being did the clinton administration but my observation of hillary clinton was that by definition the first woman nominee for president in the democratic party would need to have so much credibility of the background to be a first lady because it took so much credibility by definition she wears is bettin

the philadelphia community of quakers and the abolitionists. when she went north to recuperate her time gave the impression that they held real control over the school and tensions increase. she was unable to mediate between the two groups. complicating this issue even further was that the school and the land were held in trust by two prominent quakers. even though they were held in the name of the school and excluded the youth, she started to worry if there was a break between them she would be kicked out of the project. lawyers felt that incorporating this into a separate entity was impossible because it would face major political opposition. she went around trying to convince her friends to take over as trustees. she was so desperate and her tactic that she burned more bridges. on may 13, 1860 an arsonist set fire to the land she was using the she was the only one in and was able to put it out but that was a symbolic and to the school. the next fault the school opened under a new teacher and by spring it was lent to renters. in 1861 she pack

there's a way in which -- there's a tradition of interracialism amongst abolitionists. she seems to have very little contact. evidences very little experience working with, right, with people of color. >> so you think that's another reason she used like the synonym of ms. periwinkle were like for that reason or like the entire setting? >> i think that's part of it, yeah. i think you're right. that's certainly part of it, the way she plays with that pseudonym. and it might be that she's even more sort of -- you know, maybe the bostonian, the sort of -- the group of abolitionists with whom she rubs elbows. maybe they're just a different class of these quakers. these radical quakers in philadelphia like the flaunt that stuff. anytime i get a chance to take a pop shot at boston in favor of philadelphia i'm willing to do it. i'm going to stick with that even though i don't have any evidence of that. but yeah. and also -- it's also just -- we have to make sure that we're not looking -- we have to be careful -- it's a common thing for abolitionists to remark on their own racis

not only were most of these early women abolitionists, they were among the most radical abolitionists in the country. they started a second movement where they were not even use a product that was known to have been made with slave labor. think about it. this takes a lot of trouble. they had stores like we have the whole foods where you can just go buy the free goods and they tall it the free produce movement. they didn't wear cotton. they didn't trade in cotton. they didn't have sugar during this period, might not have molasses or rice or anything else you can think of that came from the hands of somebody enslaved in south. one of thewoman who was an organizer at seneca falls, he family ran one of these stores. that was interesting to me. and at the same time almost all of them were -- of the first women who organized seneca falls their homes were known stations on the underground railroad, and all through this literature about the women's suffrage movement, every now and then up pops a letter from somebody describing whoever they were hiding lawould. susan b. anthony talks about out

>> he was affected by the of it all and became an abolitionist in both she wrote the song amazing grace. >> the team 61 dot civil war starts. give us a snapshot of the population and its culture etc.. >> in 1861 it was the richest part of the nation, extremely wealthy and elitist. those persons that were at the treetops were slaveholders on the state level as well as the national level and the south had the industrial revolution. they wanted to hold onto it. it was the place that had a large population of almost 4 million people at the time. it was a place that was not slowing down in the institution of slavery. they wanted to reopen the african slave trade and wanted more territory in the west to expand. they wanted to territory in latin america particularly in the caribbean and central america to expand their plantations and they were not taking any prisoners. what's interesting is this what's happening in the united states and it was booming at the time it started to dwindle in the americas. britain had emancipated slaves in the 1830s, france had emancipated in the 1840s and cuba and

said, we went to bed old-fashioned conservative, compromised union wages and wake up stark mad abolitionists. >> and at six: 30 p.m. eastern, historian spencer crew on the great migration of african-americans from the rural south of west after world war i. >> industry is finding that they have a lack of workers to help prepare the munitions and supplies needed for the war effort. what they did was to begin to figure where else can they find people to hold these jobs. ,or the first time ever positions for african-americans in industry began to become available. tore is now a reason to move new york and two cities because there are jobs. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> monday marks the 16th anniversary of september 11, and our live coverage of the remembrances begins at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span to live from new york city for the ceremony at the national september 11 memorial. then at 9:30 a.m. on c-span, live coverage of the september 11 ceremony at the pentagon. eastern, the- 45 9/11 commemoration at the flight 93 national memorial. watch it live on

and a abolitionist family, his parents more than shaw. not really burning with the abolitionist spirit the way that his parents were, but that is a huge element in that. when we went to peters burg and we were do you know where they have the rebuilt earth works we saw the letters monument there that went up in 1990 to the usct troops. that -- it went up in 1990. i'll state the stunningly obvious. that wasn't there until the wake of glory. this is one of the influences of a successful part of popular culture in carrying over to how we remember things. i made you write about movies because they have a impact on how people remember the past. that monument would not be there if it weren't for glory, that put is usct men on the map. that is almost a century after saint godness monument in boston. it wasn't until the end of the 20th century, 1998 that you got a kind of national monument to the usct men it's in washington, d.c. it's at vermont and 10th street in the shaw district of washington, and it's a plaza that has the names of the 200,000

and a abolitionist family, his parents more than shaw. not really burning with the abolitionist spirit the way that his parents were, but that is a huge element in that. when we went to peters burg and we were do you know where they have the rebuilt earth works we saw the letters monument there that went up in 1990 to the usct troops. that -- it went up in 1990. i'll state the stunningly obvious. that wasn't there until the wake of glory. this is one of the influences of a successful part of popular culture in carrying over to how we remember things. i made you write about movies because they have a impact on how people remember the past. that monument would not be there if it weren't for glory, that put is usct men on the map. that is almost a century after saint godness monument in boston. it wasn't until the end of the 20th century, 1998 that you got a kind of national monument to the usct men it's in washington, d.c. it's at vermont and 10th street in the shaw district of washington, and it's a plaza that has the names of the 200,000

and, of course, chatham laid on become a very profound what you call community of abolitionists that was up there. we can talk about anderson was one of the black new road with john brad pitt when you start talking about the later time after the whole abolitionist beginning with william lambert, here's frederick douglass comes to detroit and he meets with john brown. there's a marker downtown, second baptist church, very instant middle that and, of course, saint matthews is going to be instrumental later on. we cannot ignore the church, this whole, together in terms of resistance, you know, the whole idea of self-determination. it was coming from a number of the church leaders who are affiliated with the abolitionist movement but no one more pronounced and profound than what you lambert. his story, that would make just a faceting film to see the kind of stuff he went through, then mistry said somebody put together the they had a coding, a secret code, secret language. they are trained all these individuals on the underground railroad in case you encounter some of those bounty hunters

many came to be abolitionists, but maybe not the beginning. so what shocked me when i got through it, and one of my favorite parts of the book is the epilogue, reading about how ptsd was prevalent among them and we didn't know how to diagnose it. we called it nostalgia. the other one was the analogy between civil war veterans and the veterans returning from vietnam who were not respected, they were not hired, there were companies that refuse to hire civil war vets, because they had killed people, stolen, burned buildings. i always seemed -- assumed the grand army of the republic started after the civil war, but it was nothing after the civil war. it was not started until the 1880's. in my research, there was part of the presbyterian church in iowa that banned them from their property as being an extra organization that was full of secret oaks. -- oaths. and my head character had become a presbyterian minister. and so i think what we are finding are things that we are discovering for us it is. -- us. it is what we found out. >> and it is not in

about the practical politicians as opposed to the utopian social reformers and in particular the abolitionists who you said their first task was to destroy the conspiracy of silence by which political parties churches and other institutions so to exclude slavery from public debate and then you go on and you say for most of the eight hundred fifty s. the first two years of the civil war lincoln widely considered the model of a pragmatic politician advocated a series of plans to end slavery gradual a mass of patient monetary compensation setting up colonies to send black african-americans out of the country to settle you call the harebrained scheme that had no possibility of a nachman it was the abolitionists still viewed by some historians as irresponsible fanatics who put forward the program in a media and uncompensated end to slavery with black people becoming u.s. citizens that came to pass and that's pretty good writing. you know that's exactly right and i've written a lot about lincoln that's my time period the civil war reconstruction and yes. there's a whole lincoln industry out there i

, because many abolitionists would attack the constitution. that was just considered anathema by most american citizens in the late 19th century. did you have your hand at? no. is also apation cause winner. i would say five if we could not again,umber on this -- we cannot put a number on it, but i'm putting a number on it, i would say 5 million would say this was the most important thing. african-americans established their own traditions remembering the war. they had their own day they would remember, and they often called it emancipation day. in texas, it is called juneteenth, which relates to the middle of june 18 6i-5 winword of emancipation came to some places in texas, but in virginia, it was often april 9, appomattox day because among the on the ninth of april were u.s. ct units in the army that was pursuing paralleling .ee's army as it went west in virginia, april 9 became the one day of the year where you would have your major celebrations in the black community. you have parades, beaches, the same kind of thing you would have with th

and then william lloyd garrison, the third character, really lasts from the abolitionist movement in the 1830s until the end of reconstruction. and then duboise from reconstruction until civil rights. and angela davis from civil rights to this day. and i also wanted characters whose lives were interesting. in the case of cotton mather, you know, he imagined that christians had white souls, and he was encouraging black people to become christian so you can have a white soul too. no, for real, he really -- [laughter] >> right. >> thomas jefferson, of course, everyone knows the ways in which his story was so interesting and in many ways contradictory. william lloyd garrison, he was very important in creating this very, very important theory particularly within the progressive community that discrimination is making black people inferior. in his case, it was slavery, that slavery wasn't just dehumanizing, it was literally making black people into subhumans, into what he would call broods. and -- call brutes. and that theory within the community carries on to this day. yes, it is the case

they called isaac cody a noisy abolitionist. isaac cody joined the salt creek squadron association -- i am indebted to doug for many of these images -- this is the salt creek valley near leavenworth. however, in kansas these squatters associations became very politicized and in 1854, isaac cody, at a meeting of the salt creek squatters association, prepped to say something -- he was in iowa and settled among all of these missourians. they pressured him to make a speech at the association meeting. he does so, and this is the speech in which his son says that isaac said he wanted kansas to be a white state, and he was assaulted by a missourian -- this is an image from cody from autobiography -- he is assaulted by a missourian the name of charles dunn. isaac lived. and the missouri newspaper that reports the knifing and calls him a noisy abolitionist says it is regrettable that this man, isaac cody, is going to live. isaac cody dies in 1857. the family always maintained he died from this wound that he got. then we get the turmoil o

fire eaters who pushed for secession before it became embraced by a majority of southerners and abolitionists in the north. i believe most people were pretty much living their lives the way americans have always lived. they were interested in the economy. they were interested in making sure their children had a better life than they did, education, they were interested in other political issues such as the tariff, the scandals that were plaguing the buchanan administration from 1856-1860. there were a lot of things going on. >> host: james buchanan is often at the bottom of list ranking the presidents. >> guest: i believe you can -- you can't imagine a more prepared man to be president and james buchanan. in 1856, he had been a politician, a minister of broad, he was well-known and well-respected. he brought to the office the hope with his election that he could calm things down. nothing was called down. the way he conducted his administration was to alienate everybody. he certainly did that and brought the country to a greater intensity of dislike for each other instead of pacifying. >> host

he is a significant abolitionist involved in all the conventions. john brown looks to him for help in 1859. he is the chief recruiter for black people, black men to go fight in the civil war in 1863. this is not a man who would stand idly aside. what i'm trying to show along with the better-known routes to the west, there is a significant amount of activity going through cape may up along the coast, going to black towns. these are the places that do the heavy lifting of the underground railroad. rescuing, transporting across the delaware bay, sheltering, feeding, restoring the lives of the self emancipated as they pass through the state to free soil. or, at times, stayed right there in new jersey. those black towns still exist. the descendents of the people that trustee talked about her still living there. they carry on the message. the user environments in which that these are environments in which harriet tubman with arrive. also the world that william still had contact with. david davis pointed out these of are the people, prosperous, some prospe

that is quoted from abolitionist de colin's. collins.his next section is about harriet tubman's communication with her brothers. she was illiterate. this man was an illiterate man and a veterinarian as well. of the letter was written, and said, read my letter to the old folks and give my love to them and tell my brothers to always be watching under prayer. when the good old ship of his i am comes along, be ready to a board. the song you are hearing right now is "the good old ship of zion." when he read the letter, he knew that it was government telling him to notify her brothers to be ready, though she was going to come back and rescue them. jackson was a known operative on the underground railroad, he was not permitted to read his mail. so it was important to have this encoded message. the postmaster as well as a few other people had to read his mail before jackson could, they read it and it made no sense. but when he picked it up and looked at it, he was -- he said right, this makes no sense. at poplarr brothers in caroline county, and

prominent son of abolitionist frederick douglass. he had been transitioned to the cavalry where he had been continually ill with lung complaints. intervened to the secretary of war to have him transferred to the fit cavalry. with approval granted from the secretary of war he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. one man who was living in washington dc at the age of 26, hugh like other men were recruited. , itustered into company b is like story is a parallel of american history. man was born at mount estate ofhis is the james madison. he would take on the role of becoming a lifelong personal servant. he was a witness to the burning of the white house and assist in delhi madison. later marry a slave in 1822, these three sons were born. alone with his other brothers they sought the enlistment to the cavalry. there was a private from freemane, he was a outside of pennsylvania who entered his occupation as a farmer. he recalled his experience working in the military raided after the death of my parents i was taken to be raised by my gran

said, "we went to bed old-fashioned conservative compromise union wigs, and woke up start mad abolitionists." ofand the great migration african americans after world war i. >> there was a lack of workers to help prepare the munitions and supplies for the war effort. were they did was figure out where else can we find people to hold these jobs? so for the first time ever, physicians -- positions for african americans in northern to the,es began available. so now there is a reason to move to the north, to the cities, because there are jobs. >> american history tv. all weekend, every weekend. only on c-span 3. >> up next, the friendship between herbert hoover and harry truman. this event was part of the herbert hoover presidential library conference. it is 45 minutes. >> welcome back. for the second half of our conference, starting off this afternoon is a paper by dr. lisa payne ocean. she is a professor of history at des moines area community college. she received her masters degree in women's studies from eastern michigan university and a doctorate from iowa state university in agricultural

author robert sutton on the integration of new england abolitionists to kansas.ly lawrence, does that name sounds familiar? he was so upset that he wrote a letter to his uncle, and in the letter, he said, "we went to bed old-fashioned conservatives and wake up start matt abolitionists. historian spencer crew on the great migration of african-americans from the rural south to various north and west after world war i. supply had a lack to the munitions and supplies for the war effort. we found the people, and for the fort time ever, the mission african-americans began to become available. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. this year marks the 100 anniversary of buffalo bill's death, and the buffalo bill cody, wyoming hosted a symposium. western historian paul hutton delivered the keynote address. he described how william cody, best known as buffalo bill, became a symbol of the frontier and the american perception of western culture. this is just over an hour. >> welcome, everyone, to the final event of what has been a terrific thre

he said we went to bed old-fashioned conservative union wigs and woke up stark mad abolitionist. the great migration of african-americans from the rural south two areas north and west after world war i. they had a lack of workers to help prepare supplies needed for the war effort. can we find people to hold these jobs? positions for african-americans begin it to become available. there is now a reason to move. tv, allcan history weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. next, an artist talks about his great grandfather, an indian who performed in the wild west show. he shares family photos and paintings and collages. this is about an hour. >> the man i will introduce to you today has many accomplishments, which i will get to. but i would like you to hear first a little bit about the historical associations of mr. arthur amiotte with the buffalo bills center of the west. arthur's family history with the center goes back much further than you may think as he is the great-grandson of standing bear, a lakota performer in the buffalo bill wild west show. standing bear would tour until

on the eve of the abolitionist movement and william lloyd garrison come the third character from the abolitionist movement in the 1830s until the end of reconstruction and then dubois from reconstruction until civil rights and then angela davis from civil rights to this day. i also wanted characters whose lives were adjusting. in the case of cotton mather, he imagined christians had white souls. he was encouraging white people to become christians so you can have a white soul too. thomas jefferson of course everyone knows the way in which his story was so interesting and in many ways contradictory. william lloyd garrison. he was very important in creating this very important. particularly within the progressive community that discrimination is making black people inferior. in his case it was slavery. slavery wasn't just dehumanizing it was literally making black people into sub humans come into what he would call -- and that theory within the progressive community carries on through the faith. it indicates that black people are acting in that crazy way but it's because they are in po

. >> this weekend on american sutton tv, robert explains why new england abolitionists emigrated to kansaseir efforts to make kansas a free state, and there impact on the civil war. here is a preview. war started,ivil there was no state in the country that was more prepared for the civil war than kansas, because they had been through other things. what is interesting is that kansas provided more soldiers per capita and had more casualties per capita than any other northern state. they decided to play their part. what is interesting, one of the things i find fascinating, is not only was it a

he was an abolitionist far before it was a popular thing to do. john hale has the distinction of having been the first senator to speak out against slavery. we bring guests from other legislators from all over the world and other states and often they will make comparisons to the a steer chambers that you are in to all of their artwork and embellishments in their chambers. part of the reason this room is so plain is because this is how it has looked for well over 100 years. , it actually had more paintings on the walls. when they added hallways, we took some portraits out. her used to be paintings on the top of the columns up there. today, it it is a very us your .oom -- austere room it is the only space in the united states that does not have income tax, sales tax. we do not like to spend a lot of money on embellishments and things that are not needed for the people. thehis point, we will leave house chamber and take a very short walk to the room next door, which is where our senate meets. we are probably the only state that our house and senate

i do know abigail adams, passionately convinced, dedicated abolitionists. she and her husband, her husband was the only founding father who became a president who never owned a slave and largely because she was so adamant on the subject. the next president who never owned a slave was their son john quincy adams, if she ever did say anything, and her actions as they do speak louder than words. >> host: would you agree with jeanette she was a so-called liberal? >> guest: i don't think she was a liberal, i think she was a puritan. the puritans were adamantly for education, most of them against slavery. and adamantly for freedom of religion and for opportunity and they weren't a bunch of stiffnecked unemotional people as they are often portrayed. in many respects the puritan tradition this where a part of the bedrock superstructure of our country and our way of life. abigail adams was one of the bravest women of her time, as an ambassador in europe, her oldest son was also gone. she minded this home, my did the farm and one of the best writers of anybody. her l

about but i do know that abigail adams was an ardently, passionately, convinced and dedicated abolitionist. she and her husband, her husband was the only founding father who became a president who never owned a slave. it was largely because she was so adamant on the subject. the next president who never owned a slave was their son, john quincy adams. if she ever did say anything like you are talking about, that was something i'm not aware of but her actions, as they do, speak louder than words. >> host: would you agree that she was the so-called liberal for her time? >> guest: i don't think she was a liberal, i think she was a puritan and the puritans were adamantly for education, most of them against slavery, adamantly for freedom of religion, and opportunity and not a bunch of stiffnecked, unemotional people as they are often portrayed. in many respects the puritan traditions were a part of the bedrock superstructure of our country and our way of life. .. and our way of life. abigail adams was one of the bravest women of her time, as an ambassador in europe, her oldest son was also gone.

, former national park service chief historian robert sutton on the immigration of new england abolitionists to kansas. >> particular bostonian by the name of amos adams lawrence. does that name sound familiar? [laughter] upset by the whole affair that he wrote a letter to his uncle, and in the letter he said "we went to bed old fashioned conservative compromised union wigs, and we woke up abolitionists." announcer: at 6:30 p.m., historian spencer crew on the great migration of african americans from the south to areas north and west after world war i. >> the industry is finding that they had a lack of workers to help prepare the ammunitions and supplies needed for the war effort. so they started to figure out where else they could find people to hold the jobs. for the first time ever, positions for african-americans in northern industry began to become available. so there is now a reason to move to the north, moved to the cities, because of the jobs. announcer: american history tv, all we can, every weekend, only on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created a

sutton explains why new england abolitionists emigrated to kansas. their efforts to make kansas a free state, and there impact on the civil war. here is a preview. war started,ivil there was no state in the country that was more prepared for the civil war than kansas, because they had been through other things. what is interesting is that kansas provided more soldiers per capita and had more casualties per capita than any other northern state. they decided to play their part. what is interesting, one of the things i find fascinating, is not only was it a stronghold of the free party and the abolitionists in kansas, but it also was very welcoming to african-americans. war, fugitivesl primarily from missouri would come to lawrence. they knew they had a chance to be rescued if they could make their way there. a lot of the free african-americans also came to lawrence. what is interesting is that some of the folks in lawrence were conflicted with this issue. wasthey knew was slavery wrong. they knew they needed to try to do something to end slavery. they

know because we have one of many let arers that henry -- letters that henry wrote to a quaker abolitionistamed robert pleasants, and this one happens to be the most famous. in 1773 henry wrote a letter in which he basically says slavery is evil. you can't justify it by religion, you can't justify it in terms of all the principles of the enlightenment. it's an evil thing and yet here it is. and he said who would, who would suppose in this modern age that i am the owner of slaves, and he said slaves of my own purchase. one of the things i respect about henry in this passage and in many cases is his candor, his honesty. unlike tidewater aristocrats who could say, well, gosh, you know, our family's had slaves for four or five generations, what am i supposed to do, henry is explicitly admitting his complicity in the institution of slavery when he talks about owning slaves of his own purchase and yet it is wrong. sub subsequently, henry continues to be engaged in discussions of slavery particularly with robert please about please -- please sames. and -- pleasants. and basically, what i was able

. >> former national park service, chief historian robert sutton on the new england abolitionists to kansas. >> particular bostonian businessman by the name of amos adams lawrence, does that name sound familiar? he was so upset by the whole affair that he wrote a letter to his uncle and in the letter he said we went to bed old-fashioned, conservative compromised union wigs and waked up stark mad abolitionists. >> at 6:30 p.m. eastern, historian spencer crew on the great migration of african-americans from the rural south to areas north and west after world war i. >> the industry is finding to be the case that they have a lack of workers to help prepare the munitions and supplies needed for the war effort. so what they have to do is figure out where else can we find people to hold these jobs and for the first time ever, positions for african-americans in northern industry begin to become available and so there's now a reason to move to the north, to move these cities because there are jobs. >> american history tv all weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. >> next, governor jerry mcau

whether to go ahead with animation plan to replace andrew jackson on the $20 bill with the famed abolitionist, harriet tubman. he seemed of a market determined dollar and didn't talk a number. he long-term, a strong dollar is the reflection of market sentiment and a underlying economy, not that a washin dollar makes the country >> up next, why activists investors might be keeping a watchful eye on a small wisc >>> shareholders generally hedge funds with a large stake to use that position to pressure management to effect change in a company. a midwestern cern for activist town. leslie picker has more from >> when a century old paper mill in brokaw, wisconsin closed a few years ago, the local economy was decimated. many of the people here blame hedge funds. >> now, if somebody coming in out of new york and says here i am, i'm going shut this place down because i want to put $2 more per share in your pocket. as a few greedy investors took over for their own personal enrichment and through workers and the community. >> brokaw is now bankrupt. but its name will live on through a new bill called th

up stark mad abolitionists. >> at 6:30 p.m. eastern, historian spencer crew on the great migration of african-americans from the rural south to areas north and west after world war i. >> the industry is finding to be the case that they have a lack of workers to help prepare the munitions and supplies needed for the war effort. so what they have to do is figure out where else can we find people to hold these jobs and for the first time ever, positions for african-americans in northern industry begin to become available and so there's now a reason to move to the north, to move these cities because there are jobs. >> american history tv all weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. >> next, governor jerry mcauliffe on what virginia is doing to improve or make the criminal suftis system more fair. they outlaw recommendations for them to consider. >> the vice president of government studies at the brookings institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal justice reform. we are webcasting this event live so a warm

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. >> author robert sutton on the immigration of new england abolitionists to kansas. >> particular bostonians but the -- does that name sounds familiar? that he wrotepset a letter to his uncle and in the letter he said we went to bed old-fashioned and boko abolitionists. crewen, historian spencer on the great migration of african-americans to areas north and west after world war i. workers to a lack of help prepare the supplies selective again to do is world can we find people to hold these jobs? for the first time ever, positions mcginn to become a viable. >> next on american artifacts, a visit to philadelphia's museum of american revolution. in the first of a two-part program, we learned about the location and design. we explore the origins of the untiltion in 1760 up 1776. >> h