now, john gchlgstsby was a know slave trader and the next speaker will ask you how thdisc used hotels. and books published in the 1930s and '50s identified decatur house as a site where he held and sold human beings. however when you compare the property inventory taken at his death in 1844 with the property inventory taken when his wife died about in 1858, it is evident that a relatively consistent group of people were enslaved at decatur house across the 1840s and 50s. the stars on the right indicate the nine enslaved people listed on both inventories. as you can see, three children were born into the king family and into bondage between w. 1844 and 1858. wil the king family remained relatively intact between the two inventories, only three people with williams' name remained in the 1858 inventory. gone were at least three children with the last name williams who were under the age of 10 in 1844. the 1858 inventory also indicates that a third family group, the longs, may have developed out of the people enslaved in 1844 and these are identified by the question marks. the two men who