madison's enslavement and went to daniel webster. webster would be a key individual in the period around issues of challenging slavery and issues leading up to the civil war. >> at the height of the numbers, how many slaves were there in the united states? >> 4 million. there were millions. >> how many non-slaves were there in the united states at that time? >> probably about 200,000 or so >> was a 40% of the country at the time? >> it varied. overall, african-americans were probably about 30% to 40% of the country. but depending on where your, if you were in some states, south carolina, mississippi for sure, likely north carolina, likely alabama, slaves were the majority of the population. >> i know this is over time, but in the 1800's, how much was a slave worth? when you had to buy your freedom, what did it cost a slave? >> good question. it seems to have varied. a great deal of it depended on how much had been invested in individual, the age of the individual, different prices for men versus women. for example, children were a di

eventually worked out a deal with daniel webster but in some way -- left dolly madison. webster was working out with him to get his freedom. webster would be a key individual in the period around issues of challenging slavery and leading up to the civil war. >> at the height of the numbers, how many slaves were there in theed united states? >> 4 million. there were millions. >> how many none slaves were there at the time? >> probably about 200,000 or so. >> was it 40% of the country then or the other would be white? >> it varied. overall african-americans were probably about 30 #%, 40% of the countried. but depending on where you were at. likely north carolina, likely alabama. slaves were a large part of the population. in the 1800 area, how much was a slave worth. when you had to buy your freedom, how much did it cost a slave? >> good question. it seemed to very varrid. a great deal depended on how much had been invested. men versus women. children were a. it could vary from a couple of hur hurst. someone young with many years ahead of them could go for a high price. the

. >> the story of paul jennings and daniel webster? >> paul jennings eventually either worked out a deal with daniel webster or in some way became -- left dolly madison's enslavement and went to daniel webster. it was for our relatively short period -- a relatively short period, because webster was working it out for him to get his freedom. webster would be a key individual in the period around issues of challenging slavery and issues leading up to the civil war. >> at the height of the numbers, how many slaves were there in the united states? >> 4 million. there were millions. >> how many non-slaves were there in the united states at that time? >> probably about 200,000 or so. >> was a 40% of the country at the time? >> it varied. overall, african-americans were probably about 30% to 40% of the country. but depending on where your, if you were in some states, south carolina, mississippi for sure, likely north carolina, likely alabama, slaves were the majority of the population. >> i know this is over time, but in the 1800's, how much

daniel webster, john c. calhoun, all three of them were giants in their period. but the nation rejected them. and took people with names like fillmore and tyler and names that were not as prominent. it was like the country didn't want strong leadership in that era, andrew jackson being the acception to that. >> and your book is about henry clay's family. what role did they flay in his political life? >> well, one the reasons i became interested in the study was because historians imply, sometimes state openly, that his family was a burden to him. that they restricted his ability to become president. i did a biography of a great granddaughter that was a poet. in the process of that, i began to see a different picture. clay worked as hard at providing for his family and setting his sons up as he worked in holding the union together and simultaneously. a lot of people suggest, for example, that his wife was a burden. she did not like washington. glen says washington wasn't a very popular place for the family because of her. well, what i discovered was she went to wa

ultimately, it was negotiated by daniel webster who was the secretary of state at that point, and they came up with the line in the treaty known as the webster-ashburton treaty. what's fascinating to me about the treaty is you would probably think, well, webster sat down opposite ashburton and they negotiated. they chatted, they knew each other from before. webster was really negotiating with maine. and he went through a very clever -- he was a courtroom lawyer and a fabulous magician in the courtroom. and he just had a brilliant strategy to force maine step by step by step to accept that it's not going to get the boundary that, in fact, it's probably legally entitled to. and i imagine that's where the town you're talking about officially became important to the united states, it may have been at times considered part of canada. yes. >> for those of us who came in from virginia, what are the stories about lord fairfax? you've got him listed -- >> yes. lord fairfax through inheritances had a title to an enormous portion of virginia along the potomac river. and he had it surveyed. this i

should stop comparing new and might lead to political rainmen and say that you are modern-day daniel websters. my mother just figured out text messaging, so there's a space between every letter so it comes across in about five text messages to get to the point. [laughter] ted must fly back to texas and there are not many flights between charleston and texas, so he will not be around this afternoon. i want to make sure he gets some questions from you guys. >> when we talk about obamacare, we talk about the dodd-frank bill, that has to be overturned as well. [applause] i know that the money is gone and we cannot do anything about that. [inaudible] >> i absolutely agree. on dodd-frank, the question was we don't just need to repeal obamacare, we need to repeal dodd-frank and we need to repeal everything president obama has done. [applause] i absolutely agree. on dodd-frank, you don't need to get any further than the title of the bill. [laughter] -- to realize just how bad it is. >> there was something in the bill about not purchasing minerals from the condo. -- congo. what has happened is the peo

join the conversation on twitter.com/c-spanwj lt bill says unlimited power to destroy quoting daniel webster. stephen byr on the republicans and tea party have badly damaged the u.s. it's credit rating and the house of representatives remains in control we're absolutely and without a doubt heading for a traumatic depression even worse than the one from 1930. ray has this point. complete irrefutable evidence of the failure of the president as leader. as teleprompter talk doesn't cut it with real issues especially economic ones. appalling lack of response is telling on degrade. west africa. good morning to you. >> good morning, sir. >> welcome to the conservation. how are you watching from africa. caller: through 1r08. i'm beginning to wonder if there's not a conspiracy theory against president barack obama. he already doesn't have anything to do with whether it's mr. obama or other president in power. the economy of the u.s. is very bad right now and definitely you know, you need time to get it back on it's feet and really, find it all the things that have been hearing over the last few days,

and daniel webster. yeah, webster. and john f. kennedy. he starts naming these people and i'm just off for not showing enough reference. he elbows and you said you ought to be ashamed of yourself. lucky you. used to be a bartender in the sunset strip. he said i used to drink and meet track on the sunset strip. we're both here. we're members of congress. he's looking around and says, did you ever just stop and wonder how we ever got here? by this time about enough of them chattering elect an imminent bad, sonny, i look around every day and wonder how you got here. last night i know how i got here. i went to law school. i'm still trying to figure you out. [laughter] anyway, a few months after had that conversation on january 5, 1998, sonny was killed tragically in a skiing accident. on january 9, i went to palm springs for his 3-year-old whom they had all of us as a side chapel waiting for the service to start. i am very share and who comes to sit next to me the chairman hyde who also lived sonny. he was a big, irish, very emotional sentimen

and daniel webster. yeah, webster. and john f. kennedy. he starts naming these people and i'm just off for not showing enough reference. he elbows and you said you ought to be ashamed of yourself. lucky you. used to be a bartender in the sunset strip. he said i used to drink and meet track on the sunset strip. we're both here. we're members of congress. he's looking around and says, did you ever just stop and wonder how we ever got here? by this time about enough of them chattering elect an imminent bad, sonny, i look around every day and wonder how you got here. last night i know how i got here. i went to law school. i'm still trying to figure you out. [laughter] anyway, a few months after had that conversation on january 5, 1998, sonny was killed tragically in a skiing accident. on january 9, i went to palm springs for his 3-year-old whom they had all of us as a side chapel waiting for the service to start. i am very share and who comes to sit next to me the chairman hyde who also lived sonny. he was a big, irish, very emotional sentimen

via text message, i should stop comparing you and mike lee to rainmen and say you're modern day daniel websterster] [applause] now, the problem is my mother just figured out the text messaging, and so there's a space between every letter so it comes across in about five text messages to get to the point. [laughter] so let's do some questions for ted, and i'm going to apologize on his behalf, he has to fly back to texas, and there aren't a lot of flights between charleston and texas, so he's not going to be around this afternoon. i want to make sure, though, that he gets some questions in for you guys. right here. >> yes. we keep talking about repealing obamacare, but nobody talks about this dodd-frank bill. that's got to be overturned as well. [cheers and applause] the money's gone -- i think we need to overturn everything he's done. >> i absolutely agree. i'll tell you on dodd-frank, the question was we don't just need to repeal obamacare, we need to repeal dodd-frank, and we need to repeal be everything president obama's done. [applause] i absolutely agree. you know, on dodd-frank you don't n

says i should stop comparing you and mike lead to political rainman answer your water and a daniel webster's[applause] now, the problem is my mother just figure out the text messaging and so there's a space between every letter so it comes over about five text messages to get to the point. so let's do some questions. i'm going to apologize on his behalf. he has to fly back to texas as there are not a lot of flights between charleston and texas so he will not be around this afternoon. i want to make sure he gets questioned in from you guys. right here. >> nobody talks about the dodd-frank bill. that's got to be overturned as well. [applause] [inaudible] >> i absolutely agree. i'll tell you, on dodd-frank, the question was, we don't need just to repeal obamacare, we need to repeal dodd-frank and redo everything president obama has done. [applause] i absolutely agree. on dodd-frank him you don't need to get any further than the title of the bill. [laughter] to realize just how bad it is. you had a follow-up? >> one of the disastrous side effects, something in the bill about not buying minerals