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 le

when you were writing about abigail adams, we all know john adams's wife was just about the most liberal lady in america. but when she was in england and she went to see a fellow, a fellow --othello it brought out prejudice she didn't know was there, she talked about how black he was, the blackest man she had ever seen and she was really repulsed by the fact that he was touching the skin of the fair desdemona and she called a fellow --ohello that heretic more. >> host: what would you like david mccullough to respond to? >> caller: i would like him to respond to that. i don't know if it is really a question. >> host: thank you very much. david mccullough. >> guest: first of all, i am unaware of this incident you are talking 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 sa

when you were writing about abigail adams, but we know john adams 'wife was the most liberal lady in america but when she was in england and went to see othello, she was, she said some things that she felt brought some prejudice out in her that she didn't know was there. she talked about how black othello was, the blackest man she had ever seen. and she was really repulsed by the fact that othello was touching, you know the skin of the fair desamon, called othello that associatety heretic. >> host: what would you like mr. mccullough to respond to? >> caller: i would like him to respond to that. i don't know if it is really a question. >> host: let's hear his thought. thank you very much, jenette. david mccullough. >> guest: first of all i'm unaware of the incident you're talking about, but i do know abigail adams was ardently, passionately convinced and dedicated abolitionist and 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. and it was the next president who had n

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his father, john adams, was the only founding father president who never owned a slave. out of principle. his wife abigail was even more adamant on the subject. the next president who never owned a slave was john quincy adams. it ran in the family, dedication to public service, better than family. also brilliant, he was interested in everything, spoke many languages. he was in many ways he may have had the highest iq, the most versatile mind of anyone including the greats among the founders. as chance would have it he was a one term president and one term presidents don't get the attention the others do. >> host: let me ask about another president. you spoke on the fourth of july of immigration and naturalization cemetery at monticello which is held every fourth of july, thomas jefferson's home, thomas jefferson gave the decree that all men are created equal, he wrote the preamble to the declaration of independence but how do you square that with the fact that he was a slave owner and how did you address the issue? how did he address that issue? he was a slave owner who thought all men were created equal?

adams was the only founding father and president. he was the founding father who never owned a slave. out of principle and his wife abigail was even more adamant on the subject.xt pre it ran in the family asked a dedication to public service. it ran in the family. he's also brilliant. he was interested in everything. he spoke many languages in many ways i think he may have had the highest iq of the most fertile versatile mind if anybody including the founders. but as chance would have it he was only one a one-term president than one term presidents get the attention that the others do. >> let me ask you about another president that we talked about it he spoke on the 4th of july at an immigration and naturalization ceremony in monticello which is held every 4th of july. marcellus thomas jefferson's home. thomas jefferson gave us the creed that all men are created equal by the road in the preamble but how did you square that with the fact that he was a slave owner and how did you address that issue and how do you think he addressed the issue the fact that he was a slave owner but he thought all men should he the created equ

his father, john adams, was the only founding father president, the only one of the presidents who was a founding father, who never owned a slave. out of principle. and his wife, abigail, was evenl more adamant on the subject. the next president who never owned a slave was john quincy adams. so it ran in the family. as did dedication to public service. ran in the family. he's also brilliant. he was interested in everything. he spoke many languages. he was, in many ways, i think he may have had the highest iq, the most fertile, versatile mind of anybody who's been president even including the greats among the founders.e but as chance would have it, he was only a one-term president, and one-term presidents don't get the attention that the others do. >> so let me -- >> same now as it was then. >> let me ask you about another president you've talked about. you spoke on the fourth of july at an immigration andhe naturalization ceremony at monticello which is held every fourth of july. monticello is thomas jefferson's home. thomas jefferson gave us the creed that all men are created equal that we wrote in the preamble to the declaration of independence, but how did you squa

the second question would be, relating to abigail adams, remember the ladies. we know that -- had wrote the vindication of women, i remember that from when i was in university, but could you talk about that and help me -- did this influence abigail? and were there other women doing these type of ideas at that time that had influence on -- because this was before the -- >> i don't know if she read the vindication of women. but i know that abigail adams was very well read for her time. she did not have a formal education so much but she was allowed to read her family's library, and she did, and she was informally tutored at home. so for her time she was an extremely well-educated woman. she made that remark as he was going to second continental congress, not for the constitution. and as it turn out the second continental congress did not deal with women's rights at owl or did not specifically draw up laws as she thought they would at that time. so it was just kind of a loose confederation at that point. some she probably also according to historians did not have w

and his wife abigail was even more adamant on the subject. the next president who never owned a slave was john quincy adams. so it ran in the family. as a dedication to public service. he's also brilliant he was interested in everything. he spoke many languages. he was in many ways i think you have the highest iq that anybody who have been president including the greats among the founders. as chance would have it he was only a one term president and they don't get the attention that the others do. let me ask about another president you have talked about. you spoke on the fourth of july in immigration said ceremony monticello. it is held every fourth of july. thomas jefferson gave us the creed that all men are created equal that he wrote in the preamble to the declaration of independence. how do you square that with the fact that he was a slave owner. and how did you think he address that. i don't. i can't. i don't understand it. nor do i understand the fact that he destroyed every letter he ever wrote to his wife and every letter she ever wro

this wall here where we look at the status of laboring men, enslaved people, of women, including abigail adams. foundationsore the of religious freedom through a group of objects resenting and communities of faith in the colonies. so these on the left, these are known as remote mean. tose are highly decorated cover the ends of the torah used here inish community israel. it is still an active community in philadelphia. they have a weathervane from one churches,st lutheran 1743. we even represent the presence of islam in america, very difficult to document through material culture. the very small charm, a little copper charm with an inscription from the koran that was excavated in pennsylvania from an archaeological site getting to the mid-18th century, perhaps owned by enslaved african who was muslim. it is tremendous to be able to have this tradition represented through an object in the exam. when you get -- in the museum. point, yout to this come to the statue of king george the third we bring you back to when the moment was started, when the declaration was being read in new york in 1776. we