until 1862, when slavery was abolished in district of columbia slaves worked alongside paid black freemen and european servants at the white house. for most of the 19th century, the structure of the white house staff remained generally the, the same. at the top was a steward, federal employee who was bonded. the congress created this position to safe guard the silver and furnishings in the white house. the steward was on the government pay ll lroll. it required patience, strayed tiff -- administrative ability and great sense of discretion. beneath him, maids, footmen, cooks, laborers, and about 1/3 of the servants lived there in the basements. some in a dormitory-style, some in private rooms. the steward, a number of times, as an african-american dealt with each employee and there was no specific hierarchy. most of the servants were southern blacks who had entered the president's service after a similar experience in a hotel or private residents or through a family connection, a brother, sister, parent, aunt, who was already working there. the tone of the house was distinctly southern. pa

law on the books in england and wales, and that was the first to apply these rights to all english freemen. the charter was later cited in the writings of some of the founding fathers as they sought the same political rights leading up to the american revolution. in 2007, co-founder of the carlisle group and philanthropist david reubenstein purchased one of only four known original 1297 magna cartas and the only original copy in the united states. in 2009, he permanently loaned the document to the national archives as a gift to the american people. it was taken off display in 2011 to undergo conservation treatment and to be placed in a new protective case. american history tv attended a press briefing for the unveiling of the newly encased magna carta. >> i'm david barry of the archivist of the united states and it's a pleasure to welcome to you one of the conservation labs of the archives. for many a year, the only copy of the magna carta has been out of sight, undergoing conservation treatment. we're showing you the result of our staff's expert pain staking work displayed in a new encase

plenty of freemen, the faempl who seasoned the house his wife was very ill suffering from a form of due beer chlo sis. at times he didn't have other people living in the house with wife. you have son or daughter living with him from time to time. the rest of his children where were all grown up and out of the house, all seven of them. from time to time, we know through historic records from the tavernscopier in town that he was taking some of his meals there will once in awhile. most of your -- if you're going visiting but the time to go visiting is after all of the heavy work is done. dinner was that is you, what was the big meal of the day. right now we're cleaning up from having some of salt cod and potatoes and we baked our beatses in ashes. so we took beats. and lash and hot goals and put thealism ob top. lust let them sit there for a few hours. >> it's a nice way to make it nice and sweet. >> we have birds northwest pudding, apples that have been peeled and cored and a little bit of sugar and sin manpowered over that. something we would eat right along with part of our meal. apple

the 1215 version is still in wales, and that book applied its rights to all english freemen. the charting was later cited leading up to the american revolution. in 2007, co-founder of the carlisle group and philanthropist, david rubinstein, purchased for $21 one of only 47 original magna cartas and the only copy in the united states. in 2009, rubenstein permanently loaned it to the american people. it was put on display in 1911 to and the unveiling of the newly encased magna carta. >> i'm david barry of the archivist of the united states for nearly a year the magna carta has been out of of sight, undergoing conservation treatment. we're showing you the result of our staff's expert pain staking work displayed in a new encasement designed and fabricated by the national institute's standards and technology. the 700-year-old document looks better than ever. when the magna carta is back on public display beginning interactive displays will enhance the value of viewing the record. visitors will be able to read annotated translation of the document and learn how the magna carta infl

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