host: daina berry, thank you for the conversation. daina: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> >> know you are watching american history tv. we bring you 48-hour's of unique programming. onrican history tv is only c-span3. >> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects, ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror.

host: daina berry, thank you for the conversation. daina: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. announcer: mirkin history tv products are available at the new c-span online store. go to c-span store.org to see what is new and check out all of the c-span products. up next on "the presidency," we hear about kennedy white house rose garden designer bunny mellon and her friendship with first lady jacqueline kennedy. this was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical symposium. >> good afternoon. welcome back to the carriage house for our afternoon sessions. i hope you enjoyed your lunch and learning more about the historic items that were provided. if you have not seen them yet please be sure to see them. they are outside.

host: daina berry, thank you for the conversation. daina: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend. announcer: up next on "the presidency," we hear about kennedy white house rose garden designer bunny mellon and her friendship with first lady jacqueline kennedy. this was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical symposium.

host: daina berry, thank you for the conversation. daina: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend. announcer: up next on "the presidency," we hear about kennedy white house rose garden designer bunny mellon and her friendship with first lady jacqueline kennedy. this was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical symposium. matthew: good afternoon. welcome back to the carriage house for our afternoon sessions. i hope you enjoyed your lunch and learning more about the historic items that were provided. if you have not seen them yet please be sure to see them. they are outside. the first afternoon panel, the legacy of bunny mellon, will explore the life and influences of rachel lambert mellon. we will hear from meryl gordon, mac griswold, and linda jane holden. our speakers will each give a short presentation and then return to the stage for a moderated conversation with thomas lloyd, who was bunny mellon's grandson. i want to introduce thomas first. [applause] thomas: hello. just

next, we talk with daina ramey berry about the economics of slavery.he is the author of "the price for their pound of flesh: the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation." we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in philadelphia. host: 2019 marks the anniversary -- the 400th anniversary of the first african-american slave brought to america. where were they from? daina: they came from different parts of west africa. they were taken on a ship and captured by the dutch, been captured again off of a ship.

next, we talk with daina ramey berry about the economics of slavery. she is the author of "the price for their pound of flesh: the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation." we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in philadelphia. host: 2019 marks the anniversary of the first african-american slave brought to america. where were they

panhistory.cs next, we talk with daina ramey berry about the economics of slavery. she is the author of "the price for their pound of flesh: the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation." we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in