privately he corresponded with somebody else distancing himself from what banneker did. when the founding fathers were challenged, they were willing to concede is in the back of their minds they didn't. they were not willing to challenge the vast and powerful slaveowning interests. >> to say that i'm not a bad slave owner is like saying you're not a bad stormtrooper when you're off duty. slavery is not anything new in the world. there are many egyptian slaves. slavery in america was a different type of slavery. you could go back to wherever you are from. can you elaborate on how it was so much different from anywhere else in the world? dr. perry: this is a great point. even when you look at the entire transatlantic era in which it wasn't just the british, it was the spanish and the french and the portuguese and the danish dr. perry: it becomes the central question of public versus private. the way you publicly act might not necessarily be the way privately think. one of the interesting things about jefferson, there was an individual named benjamin banneker. he was a prom

musgrave graze the consul, connected with the american consulate, lebaron to banneker is one of the high authorities here and one of the government officers. i observe by my daily paper of paris, which receives constant news of america, that gold on the eighth of december was 107 and a quarter. quite a decline, making it however, so much better if it continues for the number of my friends. living abroad has really changed since the war between france and germany, and this is a very expensive place. mary continues doubtless the agitations caused by the difficulty of deciding who is to be our next president overshadows everything in our beloved country. we can only pray that no civil war worker -- war will occur to blight our lustrous plans. she's commenting on the american president election of 1876 that resulted in the copper are miserly 277 and the withdrawal of federal troops -- the compromise of 1877 and the withdrawal of federal troops. in conclusion, mary roach, my sister, mrs. edwards will be on the 20th of november regarding the critical condition of mr. deploys, therefore i was n