. >> the abolitionist? >> the abolitionist, exactly.t john brown had somehow bequeathed these shackles to him. >> so john boling's ancestor was given these shackles by one of history's most consequential antislavery crusaders, who wore them to his own hanging -- an execution that hurtled the united states toward civil war. but is it true, this story john's parents recount so proudly? >> if they had been alive in john brown's day, my parents would have been abolitionists too. so that meant something to me. [ people humming spiritual ] >> the abolitionist movement starts in the 1830s. by the 1850s, however, john brown rejects those who believe moral suasion alone can end slavery. his decision to take up arms against the government is fateful for the country and why his story would resonate throughout history. >> letters, words, talk! the time has ended for that. strength and action are wanted now. >> he felt that slavery was an evil, that he needed to literally go to war against that evil institution. >> author dennis frye is an historian

. >> the abolitionist? >> the abolitionist, exactly.rown had somehow bequeathed these shackles to him. >> so john boling's ancestor was given these shackles by one of history's most consequential antislavery crusaders, who wore them to his own hanging -- an execution that hurtled the united states toward civil war. but is it true, this story john's parents recount so proudly? >> if they had been alive in john brown's day, my parents would have been abolitionists too. so that meant something to me. [ people humming spiritual ] >> the abolitionist movement starts in the 1830s. by the 1850s, however, john brown rejects those who believe moral suasion alone can end slavery. his decision to take up arms against the government is fateful for the country and why his story would resonate throughout history. >> letters, words, talk! the time has ended for that. strength and action are wanted now. >> he felt that slavery was an evil, that he needed to literally go to war against that evil institution. >> author dennis frye is an historian with th

brian was unique -- not as a abolitionist, there were thousands of those. but where brown stood apart and everybody knew it, john brown was willing to go to war, start a war. kill people, if necessary to bring an end to slavery. real believed that the killers, murderers were those people that were literally taking people's lives and freedom. so those were people that were , the soul, mind freedom of choice, freedom of expression, freedom of movement. slavery for brown was like death, living death. true shackles where you could not move and had no freedom whatsoever. so for brown, violence -- he in his mind justified violence because he felt that every slave every day injured violence -- endured violence to the very institution of slavery. others were not willing to go there, not go there at all. frederick douglass, the leading african-american voice, a former slave himself, certainly the best known african-american in the united states north and south. brown met with him in august 1859. he was already gathering followers. he had come to the kennedy farm in

an abolitionist and statesman who overcame and escaped from slavery, he later became a leader of the abolitionist movement and is best known for his impressive oratory as well as several of his antislavery writings. a massive wave knocked a surfer off his board off the coast of maui, swallowing him whole, and it was all caught on video. you can only image what was going through surfer tom dosland' s mind wednesday as he caught the wave. he later described it as a sea monster rising out of the ocean. the monster won this time. you can see him bailing off the board. amazingly he came away with only a stiff neck and a broken board and was out surfing again the next day. lisa: he said he felt like he swallowed whole. i go to all of the coa and ral and all of the things you could hit. miriah: he is a dude. lisa: surfer mentality. thank you. randi: it was a warm weekend. we take a look at the radar. we do have rain showers rolling through right now. they are all fairly light. temperatures will drop just a little bit from where we were over the weekend. we' re seeing those in a owenton. thi

they're being made in abolitionist states. i'll give you two examples of that and end with that. one of them is the debate in massachusetts after tsarnaev, sentenced in the federal system which retains the death penalty, but event occurred in massachusetts which has long been an abolitionist state. people in the state when polled about their opinions expressed grave reservations about his impending execution. saying we don't want to turn him into a martyr, what is this going to achieve, this is not going to go anywhere. in some ways a return to the original human rights arguments made by people who have been living without the death penalty for a very long time. another recent case saw two inmates in an arizona private prison who murdered another prisoner while in prison in a fairly gruesome way and were sentenced to death under arizona law. here's the kicker. those inmates are both residents of the state of hawaii. why are they doing time in arizona? because in order to save money, the state of hawaii ships half of its inmates to do their sentence in the mainland in private pris

this cautious suggestion irritated abolitionist. the same suggestion struck as entirely too revolutionary. that same even one of the conspirators attacked william bed. he lived while the news of president lincoln's death spread through the telegraph wires and across the nation and the world. now suddenly new questions became pressing. what would president andrew johnson do? what would happen the next day? trepidation for the future, i found, was particularly acute for african-americans. lincoln had been deeply influenced. one 6-year-old boy down south echoing the fear of grown ups around him. asked would he have to be a slave again. i knew the principal responses would be shock and grief. people were astonished, astoundsed, stupefied. people wrote word of lincoln's death was like a thunder clap from a clear, blue sky. it was a dreadful dream, a play on a stage. today we would say i felt like i was in a movie. it was a joke, a hoax, a lie and in particularly for former slaves it was a successionist lie. clergymen struggled to make it

fryestorian dennis describes the reaction of both southerners and northerners in the wake of abolitionist john brown's 1859 raid on the federal armory at harpers using quotes from period newspapers and letters, he says this stage for the nations divided sentiments are ahead of 1860 which was won by abraham lincoln. his talk was hosted by shepherd university. mr. frye: good evening. thank you very much for coming to the last installment before christmas. it has been a great success. shepherd university is ending on a high note and we have a further surprise in the form of tonight's speaker. a person who many of you probably know quite well. dennis b fry is the chief

the name of the ministry is we are the new abolitionists. joining us in the studio are beth fleisher, chair of plymouth church's anti-trafficking ministry, and taryn merkl, assistant u.s. attorney in the eastern district of new york and currently chief of civil rights for the criminal division. thank you both for being here today. >> thank you. >> first of all, we think of human trafficking -- i think many people think of it as something from years ago or from far away. how big is that here? >> it's a very definite problem, and it takes many different forms. it's very hard to get accurate numbers because, of course, it is illegal activity, but perhaps taryn can give you some ideas of the size of this problem. >> as you mentioned, the global problem is in upwards of 20 to 30 million people, according to state department estimates and other estimates. and although we don't have precise figures for new york city because it is an illicit industry, the problem is real, and we prosecute many cases, as do our local >> so, when we say "human traffic

when the abolitionist is scheduled to speak, the chairman sure,ly said, i am not unless we consult all the board tobers, and it is hard contact jefferson davis. maybe they cannot get in touch with him anymore, he has a new role. it was an avenue to research and peopleng the research of of science. , iyou want to bring that invite you to take a look. >> thank >> every election cycle remind us how important it is for citizens to be informed. >> c-span is a home for political junkies and a way to track the government as it happens. >> i think is a great way for us to stay informed. >> there are a lot of c-span fans on the hill. my colleagues will say, i saw you on c-span. >> there is so much more that c-span does to make sure people outside the beltway know what is going on inside of it.

and talk about what slavery looked like -- legalized, state-sanctioned slavery -- talk about the abolitionists, how they went about abolishing slavery, and then ask the students to look through this prism of history and that slavery still exists and we need modern-day abolitionists to do exactly what frederick douglass did, and that's to communicate the inhumanity of today's slavery to the communities. so it really kind of softens the edges a little bit when you can wrap it within the context of history. >> and is this kind of trafficking, does it affect, disproportionately, young people of color? >> it absolutely does affect young people of color disproportionately. that's why we're starting our service learning projects in new york city. we've partnered with the new york department of education, mayor bloomberg's office, to bring this curriculum, this prevention education to the most vulnerable. and we're starting in schools in underserved areas where we can go in and make sure that young girls are getting information that's going to protect them. their attitudes towards women and choices th

grant grows up in pretty much abolitionist surroundings. his father had grown up and spent a number of his youthful years in the home of john brown. john brown's father, i think it was david, took jesse grant in as a hired stepson. young jesse grant knew john brown. he is opposed to slavery and something of an abolitionist. his wife is certainly opposed to slavery as were the quakers in that era. you will find that grant, like religion, is perfectly silent on the issue of slavery. it is something that does not touch him. it doesn't matter to him. lee is also difficult to figure out on slavery. he will say in a famous letter written in 1856 that slavery is an evil but he will also say it is an evil man can do nothing about. only god can do something about slavery. if man can't do anything about it and god's agents on earth are men, have been anything ever be done about slavery? he will say he thinks slavery is worse for white than it is for the slaves because the whites have to take care of them. have to feed and clothe them. he is pretty mu

when the abolitionist is scheduled to speak, the chairman actually said, i am not sure, unless we consult all the board members, and it is hard to contact jefferson davis. it is true. they have to finally convinced him that maybe we cannot get in touch with him after all, he has a new role. i want to do more research on tos, it was another avenue research and accepting the research of people of science. if you want to bring that into the 21st century, i invite you to take a look. >> thank you all for joining us. [applause] you are watching a good history tv, all we get, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. the 130thar marks annual meeting of the american historical association. these meetings include panels of historians and scholars discussing a variety of topics. up next on american history tv, historians debate the 1916 reelection of president woodrow wilson and u.s. foreign-policy in a session titled turning .19 16, u.s. foreign relations before and after the kept us out of war election. their observations in this hour and 45 minute program include

it's a de facto abolitionist statement only men are eligible. i would add that anecdotally, a lot of discourse around redemption and rehabilitation casesme out in celebrated of women being put to death. i'm thinking of karla faye tucker who was put to death in texas in the late 1990's and then a woman put to death here in georgia and it has become this real moment of both of these executions have produced sometimes rising political and in the late 90's, pat robertson, an evangelical christian leader, we know statistically in the 1990's, evangelical supported the death penalty more than other religious groups. but they karla faye tucker case made him change his mind about the death penalty and he went on record saying when there was a genuine change of heart, he did not believe the death penalty was an appropriate response. the redemption of a woman who is sexually nonnormative, who killed her husband with a pick ax and had renounced a role, was a roadie for the avid others and she herself reconstructs herself on death row as a maternal figure ta

cornyn sherman was not an abolitionist, nowhere close to being an abolitionist. the lo . he supported the lincoln administration policy, but he was not a proponent of black troops in the union army. and he had no black troops in his army in georgia. he did have a contingent of black pioneers, as they were called. pioneered in that context meant labor troops. so they played a crucial role, especially in the march through south carolina. harold: what happens to these people? john: in the case of georgia, he had thousands and thousands of african-american slaves following the army. he tried to discourage that because they ate up the supplies. thousand of them made it all the way -- and a lot of them dropped out -- but several thousand of them actually did make it to savanna, georgia with him. and sherman, after consulting, in january 1865, he issued a famous general order -- number 15 -- in which he set aside millions of acres of the low country in georgia and south carolina for occupation by freed slaves. possessory titles they have, until congress to make good on that land

. >> reporter: he works with a group called the new abolitionist association, organising protests aimedt changing how black and latino men are freed by the criminal justice system. >> if you understand the conditions in america, in a lot of cases, especially faster cases. the white officers are not going to see black boys as children. if we are forced to look through justice in their eyes, they will never see a child, and the sild will end up dead. >> in other places where there's white boys in similar situations, they see a child. >> have you talked about what happened. >> we did a school this summer, and a lot of young folks were asked to do pictures of how they felt about tamir rice, all these things happening in this country. one of the pictures i will never get out of my head is a child who had a black body with blood drawn in crayon, and a stick figure of a man in blue with a police at, with a gun. >> the death of tamir rice, and the imprint of others left an impact on the youth. the kids i talked to, they want change, they have that intuitive understanding that something needs to

the famous abolitionist did come through in february. this is a perfectly timed presentation. mollie: the presentation takes place on sunday. >> you can see this wonderful slice back into time. the house added on 21870. a really great view of what at 3:00, doug jones from the state history office will talk about the history of the underground railroad and in iowa who were such a big part of this. almost every northern state was involved. i will is critical because we were right on the border between free state and slave state. that is why we were so important. all of you to ohio and eventually to get these slaves to canada, where they would eventually be safe. mollie: so there is a cost to this and the regular house stores, we can do that throughout the week. >> yes, open house towards our every friday. three dollars for students, and i think well worth it for the educational opportunity. mollie: absolutely. there, we see where they were? cliff yes. we see a lot of what i will was like in the 1860, and we have quite a few pieces that are jordan family originals thanks to the g

abolitionists not quite as much enthusiasm as they had earlier. opera singers, lectures. there was no railroad yet. but even in the early years it was very charming, people would go to the reading their picnic dances and balls at the mansion house a very lovely place. unfortunately the university came to town. it brought a more somber cloud. not quite so much booze. there had been a lot of liquor. a few more sober and responsible people. one whole thing beginning before the civil war and then with the great masses surge starting in the 1890s was a textile center. it was a place where we called it the textile crescent, a series of mills, 14 of them surrounded greenville. one of the very earliest ones. they were trying to avoid taxes. on the southern railway which was so essential. bringing in cotton for that matter. in the cotton fields the source of water that was really excellent cheap labor, very cheap labor, and on, and unionized. this was a place for the north came eventually to put in mills but also misunderstood themselves. so one of the things that happened startin

chose february because february 12th is abraham lincoln's birthday but february 14th is the great abolitionist's birthday. he thought it was important for both of their boirt birtday. the naacp was also started in february. cobb made reference to vote, and given the right to vote was also activated in february. the citizens back in the 60s began in february. about five or six significant days in february is why we celebrate, it's not because it's the shortest month of the year, some people have said that, but because of those significant days. tell us a little bit more about black history, paul. >> frederick douglas is the dean of modern day black history because he was the equivalent of oprah winfrey in his day. he visited, the collaborated with abraham lincoln, he was the guest speaker for a lot of movements, especially women's suffrage. he was the one who tried to bail out the freedman's bank when congress messed it up. so frederick douglas was an inspirational, spiritual, and/orritorikal leader. >> excellent. we alluded to some of dr. king. what are some of the african american ministers who

the polks were riding aboard the steam boat china when it docked in cincinnati, and a group of abolitionists boarded. the men and women demanded to know whether polk had any slaves aboard. because their intent was to free them. a friend of polk went to the president-elect to tell the president-elect what was happening, and the president-elect sent back this message: mr. polk wishes you to the know that his coachman and his coachman's wife are at present, he thinks, eating their dinner. he says that you are at perfect liberty to interview them and offer them whatever inducements you like. he says, furthermore, that should hisser servants wish to o with you, they are free to go. according to an author, the slaves were not ready the go. expecting to be hailed as delivering angels and thanks with shouts of hallelujah, praise the lord, the abolitionists were first bewildered and then irate. they could not persuade the pair to leave their master, he said in the book, "the presidents and the negro." in today's parlance elias polk would have been a complete uncle tom; a black man who was more in lov

to be hailed at delivering angels and thanks with shout's hallelujah and praise the lord, the abolitionists were first bewildered and then irate. they could not persuade the pair to leave their master, he said in the book, the president and the negro, and today's parlance, elias polk would have been a complete uncle tom. a black man more in love with his own cappers than with the idea of freedom. elias polk proved over and over where his loyalties were, even when given a chance to be free. quote: it was elias' custom to drive his master in his carriage to washington. the first journey was made in 1826 when james polk was elected a member of congress. on one of these trips after the tennessean had become president, a night was spent at wilkes -- barre, pennsylvania. the next day several white men roosevelt him and asked him if he didn't know he was slave. he was in state where a man could not be held a slave and all he had to do was believe his master couldn't do a thing. quote do you think i want to go back on the president that way? no, sir, you don't know me. i'd sooner doo die than run o

the reactions of both northerners ad southerners to the rate of federal armory at this very by abolitionistpreview. >> america in 1859, in the winter of 1859-1860, is not a nation of thoughtful people. of people whon are reacting to her feelings. we are not spending time intellectualizing around -- about john brown, we are responding to john brown. we were responding to an attack , somebut for a reason would say, and the reason that's justified, some with hank. -- some would think. what is john brown? not always he, what is he? -- not who is he, what is he? what words come to mind? think for a moment. that's one of new, any different of onions? a freedom fighter, i don't need to hear anything more. we have people from the same community who have two very just opinions that are on far reaches of the planet with those words. terrorist/freedom fighter. watch the entire program with dennis price saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span th ree. " is live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. join the con for station -- join the conversation. coming up tuesday morning, journa

there were abolitionist and people tend to look at south carolina without much excitement. that is one theme of the early days beginning before the civil war. they were all on a branch of the southern railway which is essential to the textile industry getting the fabrics out and delivered and bringing in cotton for that matter. near the cotton fields, was a source of water that was excellent. cheap labor. very cheap labor. non-unionized. this was a place where the north came eventually to put in also greenville residents did themselves. starting in the 1890's when you have this surge, the names in greenville are beginning to fade. but froyears, if you said -- but for years if you said sampson or one of the names people knew what you were talking about. they belonged to the communities. one of the finest books is called "like a family" and they were like a family. in those mills, the mills themselves because they wanted control, get villages out from them. sometimes, for example, in the 1930's, you have 2500-3,000 people living at judson and mongin. these were big con endocr

reform-minded abolitionists in particular. some of them coming to evangelize and educate former slaves. some of them coming to try to organize the plantations as business operations. they want to get the cotton economy back up and running. put the former slaves back to work on a free labor basis. over the course of the next couple years, those efforts are going to meet, at most limited , success. partly because these northerners, as well-intentioned as they were, don't actually know that much about growing cotton. strike number one. strike number the free people on two, those plantations don't have the same ideas about how those plantations are to be operated as the white plantation managers do. they want not to grow cotton, not because they hate cotton the thing, but because they want to focus on economic strategies that, as they see it are going , to benefit their own families. what does that mean? it means growing food. you can't eat cotton. you can eat rice. you can eat -- this is a photograph of former slaves planting swe

the abolitionists were growing in congress by this time in the 1840s and 50s were also setting sitting in the center of the slave trade and it was everywhere. here's another picture that's actually blowing up from the one you just saw purchase -- which shows the dome. this is the view of the office about 1846 and i think it's important to see this picture because it does show the houses and if we can now return to the picture itself which i find endlessly fascinating, they have these wonderful vignettes and i love this man that's having this interesting conversation. the color of her skin speaks volumes about what might be going on in the house next-door. interesting enough there is a latter against the house and this is obviously the wave of the gentrified houses here and it's just appalling the child right here at the window in the roof about collapse, the terrible disrepair of this particular wall. and then coming through here is coming through the owners house into the back and she's almost startling these people interrupting and intruding on their space if you will just as obvious

they were strong abolitionists. the question i was going to ask you, or rather the comment i was going to ask about, i was interested in learning that he and jefferson were marvelous friends, too. he stayed at monticello and all of that stuff. it was about the time that slavery was beginning to be spread with the missouri compromise and so forth. it was going west. he had a total different than jefferson of what that would do to slavery it self -- itself. as it spread, it would be good, that is what jefferson said. it would be diluted and fade away. lafayette wrote back, just the opposite. but i was interested in that whole subject, and the emphasis that you place on not just lafayette, but his friends who are interested in our abolition. and one little and go, because you mention hamilton. hamilton has been in the news kind of a bit, he has written some books. -- he kind ofat hamilton shooting and he gets killed. and the last thing that donald says is, one year ago, hamilton duelas killed in a dual -- , defending t

a return to have abolitionists and to reform so make sure you check out that reading. any other questions about this chapter let me know over e-mail otherwise thank you for your attention. >> join us every saturday evening at 8:00 as we join students in classrooms to hear topics on history. they are also available as podcasts. vietnam hearings, 50 years later. to give equal time to members of members of the johnson of the administration. here's a preview. >> general taylor had been very much involved in vietnam policy. president kennedy sent to vietnam in 1961. he said it was a dire situation. he didn't believe the south vietnamese government could defend itself. americans bringing more naval support and air support. general taylor did not. he did not believe the u.s. combat troops should ever be sent to vietnam. he was opposed to that. but general taylor was a loyal whater and he supported the johnson administrations doing. because his telegrams are now public record. even his conversations with the presidential public record. we know he had great reservations about s

abolitionists,he radical republicans, and increasingly most members of the republican party, including by the winter, president lincoln himself, who had initially been lukewarm towards the idea of black soldiers but had become a convert to that. in march of 1863, he writes a letter to andrew johnson, his military governor of tennessee, become active to in the recruitment of black soldiers from among the freed slaves in central tennessee. if we could put 50,000 black soldiers in uniform, it would bring about an end to the war almost at once. convertis now a strong to that. is debating a bill to recruit black soldiers. the secretary of war establishes a bureau of colored troops in the war department. he sends general lorenzo thomas to the mississippi valley, which was occupied by union forces, with instructions to begin recruiting black troops in that area, which had tens of thousands of free slaves. mark.s is getting off the within six months of lincoln's letter to andrew johnson, they were pretty close in march of 1862. >> which as we know did not stop the war and its tracks. >> not at

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today's doodle shows frederick douglas, the abolitionist leader who lived right here in d.c.ter this month, the national park service will celebrate douglas' birthday where he lived. they are also holding several events for black history month, including some things this weekend. >>> an amazing surprise from a prince william teacher still recovering from a coma. kelly powell got a front row seat to watch david cassidy. a car accident put her in a coma. her husband was by her side as she watched david cassidy. cassidy got wind of the story and arranged to meet the powells at the end of the show. >> the story that was sent to me was so touching and moving, and what you did for her was incredible. >> that has meant the world to me, what he did. >> yeah. >> that's wonderful. >> powell teaches students with special needs at a high school. she is hoping to get back to teaching soon and make a full >>> wow! well, the exhaustion must have been worth it for william holmes who drew the lucky key to win an suv. he spent six days and five nights with his hands on that vehicle, then he tu

he would be attacked at times for the compromises he was prepared to make by abolitionists and folks from his own side. it would be 100 years more until the law guarantees african-americans equal rights they had been promised. even 50 years after that, our march is not yet finished. because lincoln made that decision not to give up and not to let other voices speak for him, and become he's held in his minds the strength of principle but the vision and the ability to understand those who disagree with him. and showed them respect even as he taught them. because of what he said in motion generations of free men and women of all races and walks of life have had the chance to choose this country's course. what a great gift. what a great legacy he's bestowed us. that's the thing about america. we are a constant work of progress. and our success has never been certain. none of our journey has been preordain. there's always been a gap between the highest ordeals and the realitity that we witness. what makes us exceptional and american is that we have fought wars and passed laws and organize

the city of rochester, new york, unveiled eç photo of famed abolitionist douglas henry.d it during a routine search of the city's ar drives. frederick douglass. >>> it is the true spirit of sportsmanship we're seeing here between these two athletes today. >> he's the african-american athlete that won four gold medals at the 1936 berlin olympics. his success shattered adolf hitler's idea of nazi superiority. >> my family had a lot of input in the script, very, very involved in the development over the last two, three years, met several times with the producers. very involved because there was a true story we wanted to tell an now was the time to tell it. >> "race" opens in theaters nationwide today. >>> speaking of the olympics, a countdown to summer games is on. >> this morning we're getting an aerial look at the 2016 olympic park in rio de janeiro. a drone flew over the park. the local organizing committee says the park reached the 97% completion mark at the end of january. we're 169 days away from the start of the olympics. catch the action this summer on nbc 10. >>> n

and fredrick douglass who became a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement.m the beginning the emphasis was placed on placing coordinated teaching of black history in schools back then. woodson thought it was essential to guarantee the physical and intellectual survival of that race within a broader society. the idea received luke warm acceptance in the beginning, and then, the idea to expand the week to a full month, was started at kent state university. >> right. >> and it was officially recognized in 1976, so it took decade, by the u.s. government to do this. president gerald ford encouraged to honor too of neglect accomplishments of black americans. here we are today, still celebrating. >> it is so cool to learn about so many different accomplishments and who was behind these movements. like you just learned and we didn't even know this, george jefferson was born in philadelphia. >> yes, and we will do his walk, a little bit later. >> do you want to do it. >> you try it. >> with his hand behind his back. >> you do it, the wrong way. >> yes. >> you guys ca

i think his policy is firmly in line with what civil rights and abolitionists 100 years before and firmlyith human rights. i think that what we're afraid of is the democratic party for the last 51 years have been black people's only protection against mis-use of us against laws that we're racist, against people that were mean and evil. i think that the democratic party is good of a job as they've done, they have a lot to go. a long way to go. i think that our standards, however high could be raised higher. i think that we could require more of the party we tow the line for. and i think that if you give me 12, $15 as an option. i think if you say, hey, we'll look into reversing some of the crime deals that have caused black men to be locked up, i think it's fair to say we'll decrease the prison population. i'm not saying good isn't good. i'm saying good isn't good enough. we should expect great out of this great party. >> mike render, good to have you with us this morning. i appreciate the conversation. >> thank you so much. >> all right. thank you so much. south carolina's turn to cast th

so the abolitionists who were really growing in congress by this time in the 1840s and 50s were also sitting in the center of the slave trade. and it was everywhere. here's another picture that's actually blown up from the one that you just saw which shows the slaves being driven across the capital, which has its dome. this is the view of the patent office looking across backyards about 1846. and i think it's very important to see this picture because it does show that we are of houses. the painting of course as these wonderful vignettes going, i love this man who's having an interesting conversation with his mulatto woman. the fact, the color of her skin speaks volumes about what might be going on in the house next door. interestingly enough, there's a ladder up against the house. this is obviously the white gentrified house is here, and across almost virtually next door. in fact, virtually next door is the house in just appalling repair. a child right here at the window, the roof about to collapse. the terrible disrepair of this particular wall, and then coming through here is a wh

he would be attacked at times for the compromises he was prepared to make, by abolitionists and folks from his own side. it would be 100 years more until the law guaranteed african-americans the equal rights that they had been promised. even 50 years after that, our march is not yet finished. but because lincoln made that decision not give up, and not to let other voices speak for him, and because he held in his mind the strength of principle, but the vision, the ability to understand those who disagreed with him and showed them respect even as he fought them, because of what he said in motion, generations of free men and women of all races and walks of life have had the chance to choose this country's course. what a great gift. what a great legacy he has bestowed us. and that's the thing about america. we are a constant work of progress. our success has never been certain. none of our journey has been preor dapr preior daned and there is always a gap between our highest ideals and what we witness every day. what makes us exceptional, what makes us americans, is that we have fought wa

. >> shackles that john brown the abolitionist wore. >> right after the caucus. stuart: serious subject, this is, too, violence in europe, in sweden, migranted attacked. and fighting has begun. the e-mails on hillary's private server contained operational intelligence and that jeopardized our service people and intelligence people in the field. we're going to deal with that in a moment, too. >> what difference at this point does it make? at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like social media equals anti-social. hey guys, i want you to meet my fiancÉe, denise. hey. good to meet you dennis. . . . . stuart: we've got a modest loss for stocks. the dow down 50 odd points that is a third of 1%. contrast that with what is going on in the oil market where we have a whopping great selloff, down over four, 4 1/2%. oil back to 32. those two markets are moving not exactly in sync at the moment both by different amounts. >>> hillary clinton email problems, boy do they continue to grow. the latest emails, contain, quote,

before that frederick douglass was a businessman before he was an abolitionist put $10,000 of his own$20 million today. the bank would be $100 billion today. we asked them to rename the building, freeman back. he said we're not sure. you can't tell me treasury annex build cigarette a sexier name. secretary lew deserves a lot of credit. january 7th forever more the first time thichbt a white house building has been named and it's right across from the white house, freeman bank building. we think that's a wonderful salute to history. we think it explains why black poverty exists today. >> what do we do about it? when you say we have to teach people what does that hasn't? >> nobody want as mortgage. nobody says give me a subprime 20% mortgage. they want to be a homeowner. if you don't know how to maintain a home you have a foreclosure. nobody want oscar loan they want a cool car. we have to get back to people's dreams. banks are in the no business not yes business. we get the bank in the yes business by putting hope back inside financial culture of hope to get your credit score for 120 p

but then there was always another wing of the criticism of slavery: the abolitionists who looked at the first group and said, "are you kidding? the problem isn't that they're not well-fed or well-clothed or--the problem is that they're slaves. and even if we had a big struggle and even if we were successful in improving the conditions of the slaves, as long as they're still slaves, it's always possible for the master to take back whatever improvements in the conditions you were able to extract from him. the way to break out is to end the institution of slavery." and there was a big struggle in the united states between these two groups. in the end, lincoln went and abolished slavery. well, it's really the same issue now, isn't it? either we work real hard to improve the conditions of working people-- their wages, their salaries, their benefits--or we say, "wait a minute. the problem isn't the conditions. the problem is that they're an employee of somebody else who's the employer. and even if we get the benefits, the employer can and will take them away." i already did that 40 minutes ag

after the civil war, frederick douglass and the other abolitionists say we need to make sure that theslaves have the right to vote. guarantee thement right to vote, regardless of color or having been a slave. it was this incredible flowering of democracy in the south. hundreds of african-americans who were elected to state legislatures and congress, even a governor. then there was a backlash with the ku klux klan and other violent terrorist groups that drove african-americans away from the polls. was withdrawn in a deal and you had a real repression were african-americans lost something they had gotten. in the north, after all this progress with democracy, it was a crackdown. immigrants, especially catholics, irish, came to the united states and flooded into the city. there was a real backlash and a lot of rules were changed to make it harder for them to vote and you sort of see this pattern where people are fighting for their seat at the table and at every step of the way, other people fight to keep them from having that vote. things moved backwards in the late 1800s. host: during th

historian dennis frye describes the reaction of both southerners and northerners in the wake of abolitionist john brown's 1859 raid on harper's ferry, and his resulting execution. using quotes from period newspapers and letters, mr. frye sets the stage for the nations divided sentiments are ahead of 1860 which was won by abraham lincoln. his talk was hosted by shepherd university. it is about one hour, 20 minutes. host: good evening. thank you very much for coming to the last installment before christmas. it has been a great success. shepherd university is ending on