you can go on and on in terms of the pioneering abolitionists. they were joined at some extent by the white abolitionists. many of them being quakers. because william lambert had been schooled, educated and lived among the quakers when he left new jersey and arrived in detroit.for me he is in an phenomenal individual. he was one of the conductors of the underground railroad. when i talked about that in my class is the first thing in their mind is the "a" train or the "d" train. and i am like no! but this was a process.the byway in which these fugitive slaves can get away from bondage. get away from so-called peculiar institutions. and end up in detroit. citizen here, the sculpture symbolizes the people and certainly after 1850 we had the fugitive slave law, when the act was passed it meant that although, we have the blackburn case, the blackburn affair. his runaway fugitives arrived from louisville kentucky and thought they had found a safe refuge away from these bounty hunters. but with the passing of the 1850 slave act that meant you had to go

to ontario or toronto and of course chat him later on would become a very profound community of abolitionists. it's beginning with william lambert and frederick douglass comes to detroit. the self-determination. it's the mystery they had a coding and they trained obese individuals on the underground railroad in case you encounter some of those. in terms of the first african-american to teach iafril system, so we have this conjunction and it's going to be a collaborative situation from one generation to another entertainment enthusiasmwe will see that happening time and time again in this whole odyssey. >> we now have in detroit aretha franklin. you write about the gilded age of detroit and say that it occurred after 1870 and you say that this was a bountiful era purpose of the budget established the city as a gateway to the west. this is the foundation upon which many of the cities contributions of her. and you talyou talk about this f genre in the trade and that this opens up the way to the contributions that we later see. >> that opens up cultural theme and we can talk about the workers in

he blames the abolitionists, the fanatics he calls them. it is the fanatics from the north who have caused this crisis. they cause trouble for our union, our beloved it union. i think as a historian, that is where buchanan lost me. i don't think it's being unfairly judgmental about him to see how blind and how he cast to -- how he cast a blind eye to the viciousness of slavery and how unwilling he was to keep his ear to the ground about what is going on in what people were thinking in the north. you could argue and i would argue that you can and might have made an adequate president in an earlier time. he was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. i will let john offer his final comments and we will take your questions. john: michael's remarks about buchanan being the wrong president for the wrong time i think is borne out by looking at the polk administration. buchanan served as james k. polk's secretary of state. during buchanan's presidency and also during the pierce administration, buchanan had become clearly identified wit

movement, went on to become one of the most famous if not the most famous white male abolitionist in history. the founding editor of periodical known as "the liberator" and was involved in the antislavery societies. and his section begins with a speech that he gave on independence day in 1829, and he gave this speech for the american colonialation society, in 1820s, the most prominent and powerful racial reform organization became the northwestern colonialization society, society geared towards sending free back people black to africa, and thereby sort of encouraging the sort of gradual abolition of slavery and then getting rid of those newly freed people and sending them back to africa. was quite interesting for black folk who knew they had been hauled here against their bill and now the nation was talking about sending them back to africa, on ships. but this very prominent sort of organization was invited garrison to speak at their annual fundraising event in boston on independence day in 1829, and in this speech garrison, who is this young editor -- he hadn't started the liberator

biographer fred kaplan lincoln and the abolitionist looks at how abraham lincoln and john adams experiences slavery and race shape their differing viewpoints. this author reflects on the unexcited leader of a movement to support women's right to drive in saudi arabia, in during to drive. in dream richard reeves offers his thoughts on income inequality and argues that america is becoming a class -based society. also being released this week, financial executive scott nations examined for significant spot market crashes over the past century in a history of united states: in five crashes into the queen offers the republican agenda to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize education and change the constitution in democracy and change. look for these titles and bookstores this coming week. watch for many of the others in the near future on tv. and he's been to. >> as the crisis link depend lick and wondered how he could be effective in fighting slavery while maintaining his identity and the crumbling brick party and all of these various movements were sterling on him swirling around him.

an inability to thoroughly identify himself as an abolitionist. in many ways, this iconic anti-slavery period in his career encapsulates this story -- ongoing story of competing priorities. >> ok, i'm just going to give a taste, skipping ahead of this wonderful 1831-32 period, where he gets elected to congress, and starting to think bigger and bigger about slavery, one of the great issues of the time. he's thinking about what's going on in england, and how maybe the conflict in england seems to be about democracy and not about slavery, but actually they are connect. this democracy in america -- he says to a congressman -- congressman hoffman, that in december of 232, the real issue is whether the nation can be half slave and half free. to go a step further back, the question and issue was slavery. ok, so he is, he's presenting abolitionist -- about the district of columbia. and then, even later on, two years later, after he has thrown down the gauntlet, and become identified with the cause, he writes, upon this subject of antislavery, my principle

wife won adam with his their case in 1703.the sentry began with abolitionist debate. john --a pome by having a slave, a source of income and status he wrote less than flattering words about adam, calling his character into question. similar to the taunting and verbal diminishment of blacks today, which we just saw again what does it have to do with wheatley? phillis had a different relationship with her owners. they encouraged her talents and helped her promote them, unlike john saffin, who was dismissive of adam. cotton mather returns to the story in relation to health. one of his slaves, a gift from his congregation, proved very useful. city, alsoa coastal introduced in the city by foreigners and travelers. was a serious danger. the slave shared knowledge from the south african home. he took infection from someone already stricken from the early in time, the disease the patient would recover and death would be averted. mather convinced the doctor boylston to a nokia late several slaves and a few citizens. the result of this experiment, which the puritans railed agai

brother, and abolitionist, right in horror -- wrote in horror. negroday or two the hiser would make appearance like a hawk among the pigeons. based on conversations, he had come to believe that james had followed through and written a will that freedom all or at least some of his slaves. , when its will , showed became known otherwise. agricole was outraged. emancipated,e not he wrote his sister in late july. outraged. thatme to a conclusion there had to be a second will. i cannot divest myself of the belief that he is made a secret will whereas his slaves will be free at the death of his life -- at the death of his wife. george washington's slaves had --george washington's will martha'sfree at death. martha was concerned about finances. mount vernon had a more slaves at the time they could be put to productive use and letting early wouldves go have saved expense. martha was also worried about slatedgeorge's slaves, othersedom, mixing among that would remain in bondage. martha's slaves were not going to be free and she actually has more than geor

i say the motive that the abolitionist's are in a great degree -- fashion and faction for the impressment of seamen, is to all intents and purposes, , oppressivemmoral and to radical is the slave trade. every particle -- of arguments i can bear against the slave trade ears with equal force against the president. so not only was john quincy adams towing his party line here , he was being an effect to and good diplomats. he's really does she has these jobs, getting these jobs, diplomat negotiating treaties come a eventually secretary of state, and he becomes really the new nation's leading diplomats. he's really good at answering the british. when he's doing this, this isn't an aberration. he is effective. he comes up with the right arguments. he knows the president, he studied the protocols, he studied the history. the british take him seriously. there's always been a hit of a disconnect between his reputation as diplomat secretary of state, his at 7:00 -- the foundation -- is in many ways the foundation of american foreign-policy, and then his seemingly failed the presidency, and his late

they are worried but abolitionist -- that they will be actively stealing slaves that they were called -- offering slaves. also there was a great struggle to export their labor system, slavery and to the west, or whether it could be closed off to slavery. even people who were anti--- who did not want to deliver an african-american stash were fighting for defending slavery, even people who were not slave owners themselves -- 1 -- wanted to spread slavery. was wrapped up in several different political issues in cultural issues. what happens is, in the state of missouri, the state mobilized and spread of slavery into kansas. can 54 in june -- mass readings across the western part of the state -- the james family, his father died gold this was in clay county -- muche missouri river -- a denser slaveowning part of the state, very close to the western frontier. so this is happening in their territory, their home county. there were men who joined 1000 joined this association -- later game -- private militia organizations to going to kansas. by november 55 -- fighting broke out in kansas. the

the slaves reacted with shock. , and abolitionist, wrote in horror. "every day or two, the negro trader would make his appearance like a hawk among the pigeons." based on conversations, he had come to believe that james had followed through and written a will that freedom all or at -- freed all or at least some of his slaves. yet james' will, when its contents became known, showed otherwise. edward was outraged. his slaves are not emancipated, he wrote his sister in late july. someone had changed james's mind, but who? he soon came to a different conclusion. there had to be a second will. "i cannot divest myself of the belief that he is made a secret will whereas his slaves will be freed at the death of his wife." george washington's will set them free at martha's death. martha was concerned about finances. mount vernon had a more slaves mount vernon actually had thatslaves at the time could be put to productive use and letting george's slaves go early would have saved expense. martha was also worried about having george's slaves, slated for freedom,

and thomas jefferson died on the eve of the abolitionist movement.s jefferson being the second major character in the text and that abolitionist movement was largely spearheaded by william lloyd garrison who of course was a third major character. and w.b. dubois was the fourth major character and was of course one of the fathers of civil rights and black power and the last major character that covers the last 50 years where mass incarceration in particular became front and center was angela davis. amy: so talk about from cotton they to angela davis how embodied your idea of how racist policies and ideas develop? ibram: in the case of cotton mather, cotton mather was involved in probably the first great american debate over race which was whether black people could become christians. and slave holders who were also christian made the case that black people were too barbaric. cotton mather, being a major boston three loge an and minister wanting to have a new group of people to process elltize to made the -- prostelize made the fact they can and their

appears the christian mott, a lot of people know -- she was an ardent abolitionist. some of the others are just interesting, but they chose to depict themselves holding plants, or missing, for instance. center,g girl in the it's probably hard to make out here but she actually has a crutch. you can see this a little piece of hanging up from beneath her foot. that's a crutch. it's really interesting, it's so to lookut to start deeper, you do see all these details of who these people really were. his next case is about the construction of this house. what i didn't mention, the meeting house was filled by iker named owen little junior. he comes for my family really active in quaker start. did was to go to architecture school. i was not a thing, there were not architects. here for to himself as a builder. but we have here are some of his tools that he left inside the building. they have his initials on them. this is a battle, the cisco the. they were both found i believe this is what it's called above the porticos we have outside. the symmetry here shows you to it was the

. -- she was anan ardent abolitionist. some of the others are interesting, because they chose to depict themselves holding plants or knitting, and this young girl in the center, it is probably hard to make out here tch.she has a crotch -- crut that little piece hanging ch,eath her foot is a crut and once you start to look deeper you see all these details about who these people really were. this next piece here is about the construction of the meeting house. what i did not mention was that builteeting house was by a quaker named owen diddle junior. his family was very active in quaker history, and in 1804, he went to architecture school. here we have are some of these will see left inside of the building. they have his initials on them. says oh diddleer . diddle, and the other one says ob. top rectangular box. they were doing some restoration in the 1960's and they fell out onto the restoration workers. we have heard since then early builders would leave tools as their calling card, saying i was here, this was my work, and

of self-determination that was coming from a number of church leaders who were a fully with the abolitionistmovement but no one more pronounced, profound than william lambert. his story, that would make this a fascinating film to see the kind of stuff he went through, then mystery system. that he put together. they had a coding, kind of a secret code, secret language. they are trained all these individuals on the underground railroad in case you encounter some of his bounty hunters out there. it was so instructive, later on his involvement with clay matthews church in his involvement in the educational process. people like danny richards who's a pioneering black woman in terms of first african-american to teach in the so-called public school system here. so we have this conjunction and is going to be a collaborative situation from one generation to another. each spurred on by the of the. each taking this kind of influence and its enthusiasm for the breakthroughs occurring in the previous generation. what going to see that happening time and time again and this will odyssey a black detroit. >

thing that frederick douglass and william sell asked harriet to speak, to fund raise, to fire up abolitionistslike everything she did, when she did it she did it better than anyone else. did voices and sang songs and people were so engaged. it became clear when we are trying to figure out what our departure episode was for the season that we kind of lean into an hour of television and tell the story of her life through her words. i think it was also important for us with a character like harriet who you think you know because of that little paragraph in your book and you know it is only 9% of it that we did want to give some of her story, her real life and get more into it. it is 1858, so we had to figure out a way to tell that without just going through it and to find out she was speaking to people for me, it was that reaction of this is a person. person.k douglass was a all these people were interacting at the time in the movement. that was really exciting and interesting as well. >> being that harriet tubman is one of the greatest revolutionaries in american history, it was only fitting tha

states rights, free trade, the abolitionists, the south's loss of the dominance of the federal government, and the rapacious economies of action to slavery all drove them towards secession. amid the turmoil, the extremists played off of each other so effectively that the voices of moderation, indeed the voices of the majority on each side were lost, and to an amazing extent have remained up secure too many americans ever since. and yet as they so perfectly clearly understood because it was stated it perfectly clearly by the people he knew both privately and publicly and in indeed was stated in the ordinance of secession for almost every one of the confederate states, ultimately, there was no question that the south seceded to defend slavery. and the north went to the war to stop the secession. this is a simple concept. you can reduce it to 140 characters. the next time you see anybody or hear anybody say the war was not about slavery, you can tweet that out. the south seceded to defend slavery and the north went to war to stop secession. that's what the civil war was about. there should b

. >> your party has people like rand paul who is an abolitionist. he doesn't care about the replace part. how could you replace and repeal. >> you cannot do anything unless you repeal. >> the problem is trump has promised the moon. he said he would give everybody health care. he sounded like, bernie. >> that's where his heart is. >> do you think donald trump is a believer in big health care? >> absolutely. i think it has been a part of his e-thos from the beginning. >> is he a republican? >> i need to be educated every day. he is not a republican conservative who would make the kind of articulation for america a paul ryan or a mitch mcconnell would make. >> thank you. michael steele has just joined us. coming up, fireworks on the white house. >> it's inflammatory to people all over the country who say see, once again, the president is right and everybody else out here is fake. and everybody in the room is only trying to do their job. >> that reporter joins us next. plus, president trump and his allies want the russian investigation to go away. now t

self-determination be, it was coming from a number of church leaders who were affiliate with the the abolitionist movement. but no one more pronounced or profound than william lambert. his story, i mean, that would make just a fascinating film, to see the kind of stuff he went through. the mystery system that he put together, they had a coding, kind of a secret code, secret language, you know? they had trained all these individuals on the underground railroad in case you encountered some of those bounty hunters out there. i mean, it's so instructive. and later on his involvement with matthews' church and his involvement in the educational process working with people like fannie richards who was a pioneering black woman this in terms of the first african-american woman to teach in the school system here. so we have this conjunction, you know? can it's going to be -- and the it's going to be a collaborative situation from one generation to the other, each spurred on by the other, each taking its kind of influence and enthusiasm for the breakthroughs occurring in the previous generation. we're going

man who moves me enormously by the name of john newton, a british theologian who is a leading abolitionist playing a central role in the banning of slavery at the beginning of the 1800s in england. john newton spent the early decades of his adult life as the captain of a slave ship and after he retired from that he spent two decades as a local parks and still infesting in the slave trade and growing rich from it until one day something changed in him. something changed and he celebrated the think he's most known for historically in a him he wrote, amazing grace. another example, a man who on the morning of december 6, 1941, was the lead pilot and one of the bombs quadrille that took off from an air force base in japan and attacked pearl harbor. he was one of their star pilots and led one of the divisions there and 50 years later to the day as an old man he came towards a ceremony at pearl harbor commemorating it as an old man came forward in broken english and apologized to some of the elderly survivors on the ground there and spend the rest of his life close with some of them. think about

abolitionists. in the combined forces and that led to the first i think you know the us population knows so little about slavery. in this part of our history we did not know about. identity that i was disappointing to hear that our ancestors went back and replicated, the way that they treated the native liberians were not or native africans was not very good. >> no, it show so much about the way we treat each other. human beings treat each other. our ancestors he went back there were you know they one of the good things that they did was to outlaw i mean outlaw the slave trade at that point. they're very very antislavery. keep in mind that a lot of the native africans that met the mayor had they were the people that were selling their brothers and sisters so to speak into slavery. and they were seeing this way of life completely as an economic staple for them eradicated. and that was part of the tension between the two sides. but you also have a lot of - in this weekend to some of the racial complex

civil rights activist and the grandchild of civil rights activists and the great-grandchild of abolitioniste reality is that i will run as ben jealous, i will run as that organizer rooted in west baltimore, but networked across this country and 70 who can lead this state in a way that helps us build from right where we are . but also benefit from bringing in some of the biggest companies in the country to our state. right now in silicon valley, our peers in counties like facebook and google are under pressure to become more inclusive. here in maryland, almost 20% of the computer scientists are black. in maryland, we have begun building a great tech sector that has defined his abiding place for the world's greatest minds come to solve some of the world's greatest problems like cancer and cyber security. absolutely succeed in building afford thinking 21s1st centurury economy that has room for all of our communities a and helps toto lift even as a make it easier for folks to grow their flower shop or detail shop will stop and go former naacp president ben jealous, now running for governor of m

a relent advocate for justice this proud woman was abolitionist and freedom fighter and told truth to whoever ever would listen and countless hours training and organizing others derled to grow movement. she served not only as profound inspiration to those who knew her but gait wisconsin to freedom for hundreds whose lives forever changed by heroism. some people know this woman by name harriet tubman i know her susan. >> i'm crying like the first time i read that so i'm going to take a second hold, for those beautiful words -- and -- thank you for that, michelle, thank you so much. you know, susan, just, you know, i've been thinking, you know, about what they taught us that life has to be liveredrd if and known understood backwards but i wonder if he would share with this audience what you know now to the writing of this book that you didn't understand other than when you first began writing it or when you were first inconsiders -- incarcerated. >> i would like to thank reverend and church for hosting this and thank you archer across town to our bad traffic. [laughter] and michelle yo

draft riots brought four days of massive unrest to the city, including attacks on the homes of abolitionists, the sacking and burning of the uponn asylum, and violence policeman and black new yorkers including many lynchings. nast through images of the violence for harpers weekly. he was sent down to look at what was happening. he never forgot what he saw on those days. they were images that were burned into his imagination. it helped to inform his antipathy towards the iris the rest of his life. he had lots of experience with irish immigration. he grew up in manhattan very close to the five points neighborhood. he spent his entire childhood in the company of irish and german and other immigrants. this was not a new encounter for him, but it was powerful. it really shaped what he thought about irish immigrants for the remainder of his life. life. he reappeared in his work on various occasions. we already seen a couple examples, but on the left he has drawn in the burning colored orphans asylum. and the man on a street lamp who has been lynched. and below that a stock character from his stabl

of theochair did a lot research on the quaker abolitionist who lived in the building that was destroyed during the draft riots, but then i kept researching for more letters from the gibbons family and was sent with a hot tip by one historian who said go look at columbia university. i went up there and found a record of fugitives 1855 by gay.y howard's ga that sent me off on to a real search because i found the most extraordinary thing. moore was married to her husband jacob in the previous -- and now i try to find zero more. >[laughter] >> i did find your list and in new haven, connecticut, but that was taken me two years to find that. >> i will go back to the schomburg, but there is one staff member who terrified me and was so mean. we'll get my courage to go back. >> i have had experience with that two. [laughter] >> i will talk to you later. [laughter] >> and give you the name of somebody who is really, really wonderful and who will help you and i just saw her a couple of nights ago. >> i just bought your book. [laughter] >> let me tell you that there is the african-american vigilanc

founded hillsdale college, the free will baptists who were active in the anti-slavery movement, the abolitionist movement. all those social reform movements of the 19th century. the campaigns against drinking, campaigns in favor of keeping the sabbath. prison reform. the thing that brought alexis de tocqueville over to the united states. all had their origins in this predominantly evangelical protestant movement that we can christianize the social order, we can bring about a perfect society on earth. theologically, this is known as post-millennialism. it's the idea that the millennium is a period of peace, justice, and prosperity before the second coming of jesus christ. the kind of perfectionism. the traditional view had been that jesus christ would come initiate the millennium, the thousand year reign of peace and justice. that is premillennialism. this movement is more characteristic of post-millennial. this movement has its origins in religion, especially protestant christianity. over the course of time, it outlived its protestant origins. you can see this in benjamin franklin. the already -

times" best selling author red sox an gaye details with weight, self-image and lincoln in the abolitionistooks at how john adam is with slavery and shape different points. reflects on becoming unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights to drive and saudi arabia in daring to drive. in dream hoarders richard reeves offers he has thoughts on income inequality and argues that america is becoming class based society. also being released this week financial executive scott nations examines most significant stock market crashes over past century. and in a history of the united states in five crashes. national republican to eliminate dwroins privatize education and change the constitution in democracy in chains if. look for these titles in book stores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> one of the reasons i wanted to write this book so much attention paid to the ownership i did epidemic in lower middle-class and upper class commit communities, the white aspect gets a lot of attention almost exclusively and fact is we can go

when abolitionists was almost killed by a an infamous incident, bragg wrote a letter y, that sumter got what he deserved, that is what all dogs like him should get. it is pretty chilling to read the letter, but that was his attitude. strongan extremely supporter of slavery in many, many ways. not surprisingly, he approved the secession of louisiana. played a role captioning the u.s. arsenal and baton rouge, a key role in that. he also accepted jefferson davis's offer of a commission as general in 1851. for the first time, he begins to get an inkling that may be did this does not hate me like i assumed he did ever since 1856. and he begins to slowly warm himself toward the confederate president. the confederate president never hated bradd, but always respected him. he wound up commanding an important post at pensacola florida in late 1862, where he organized and well drilled army of the pensacola, then he was shifted -- shipped up to tennessee where he organized the confederate of the mississippi, the field army that would become the famous army of tennessee, fought at shiloh, which was

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 t 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 ago