. >> husband and wife enslaved in macon, georgia and they decide they are going to flee for freedom andnot any underground railroad where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night, but they gout in the full light of day disguised asthmas tear and slave with ellen as the master and william playing the role as the slave. that are

james smith originally had a house in georgia which is maybe 12 minutes away from macon. they ended up moving back to macon, into macon. but james smith had a legal vice in his household and they had a number of children. his wife eliza smith is so enraged by this child ellen and her resemblance to her father and her being mistaken for a child of the family that she wants to get rid of her. at the soonest opportunity when her own daughter turns 18 years old, she is given away as a wedding present to become the property of allen's half-sister. susan: a so-called house slave of her own half-sister? ilyon woo: exactly susan: if she was standing in front of us today what would we see? ilyon woo: ellen craft? susan: yes. ilyon woo: short? how light complexion? what did she look like? i have a picture here and her older age i keep on my desk she was very fair. she had dark straight hair as you described, everybody talked about how lovely she was. both she and william were known to be good-looking people. and very charming and graceful. she would have been dressed, she would hav

james smith originally had a house in georgia which is maybe 12 minutes away from macon. they ended up moving back to macon, into macon. but james smith had a legal vice in his household and they had a number of children. his wife eliza smith is so enraged by this child ellen and her resemblance to her father and her being mistaken for a child of the family that she wants to get rid of her. at the soonest opportunity when her own daughter turns 18 years old, she is given away as a wedding present to become the property of allen's half-sister. susan: a so-called house slave of her own half-sister? ilyon woo: exactly susan: if she was standing in front of us today what would we see? ilyon woo: ellen craft? susan: yes. ilyon woo: short? how light complexion? what did she look like? i have a picture here and her older age i keep on my desk she was very fair. she had dark straight hair as you described, everybody talked about how lovely she was. both she and william were known to be good-looking people. and very charming and graceful. she would have been dressed, she would hav

. >> husband and wife enslaved in macon, georgia and they decide they are going to flee for freedom and do it with not any underground railroad where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night, but they gout in the full light of day disguised asthmas tear and slave with ellen as the master and william playing the role as the slave. that are story. "master, slairve, husband, wife. >> so, mr. president, you have three grandchildren, charlotte, 2014, aden, 2016, jasper, 2019 and one of the few things in life that's better than you ever think it is are grandchildren. do you get to spend enough time with them? >> no. and i was spoiled during covid because new york city was hit so hard that chelsea and my son-in-law mark and our grandkids moved up to a guest house next door to our house for the duration of covid and they would come over in the morning and my then jasper was a seven-month-old toddler. charlotte and aden would bust in the house to tell us to stop whatever we were doing and we were going to play. they wrote plays that hillary and i role played. and it was a great experience

tupelo, mississippi, south of the memphis area all the way towards macon, georgia up to augusta.avorable for tornadoes. i cannot stress enough how bad the flooding is right now. so flood advisories for tennessee, up towards kentucky, that's going to happen through friday. and can you see the flash flood risk for the southeast as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. so tornado warning right now. tornadoes watch in effect. it's a significant damage already. and we have had death. so have a way to get those wafns and warnings. fox weather.com. over to you steve, ainsley and brian. >> another terrible night. >> fox weather is great place to go, too. >> i watched them last night for their conch. it was incredible. they will save lives. they are saving lives. >> steve: best in the business. thank you very much. >> ainsley: now to more headlines, migrant in denver. you are never going to believe this. accepting an offer from the city to leave encampment in exchange for shelter group left but only after sending a long list of demands to the mayor. some demands include wanting to cook t

. >> they were a husband and wife, enslaved in macon, georgia. they wanted to flee for freedom. they did this without the underground railroad, which did not reach all the way down to the south where they were, and not by hiding or traveling by night, but they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave, with alan posing as master and williams as the slave. the story gripped me from the beginning. >> this is sunday night on c- span's q&a. listen to q&a on our free c- span now app. >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television properties and more, including comcast. >> did you think this was just a community center? it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering to create wi-finabled networks so that students can be ready for anything.

. >> the husband and wife enslaved in macon, georgia, cited they would sneak -- decided they would sneakom, not with the underground railroad, not by hiding and traveling by night. they just go out in the full light of day disguised as master and slave with ellen posing as the master and william as the slave. that story struck me from the beginning. >> her book "master, slave, husband, wife" tonight on "q&a." you can listen any with our free c-span now app. ♪ >> the house will be in order. >> this year, c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we have been your primary source for capitol hill, taking you to where the policies are are debated and decided with the help of america's cable companies. stay up-to-date with the latest in publishing with the booktv podcast about books with current, nonfiction book releases, plus bestseller lists, and trends through insider interviews. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by khaled elgindy with the middle east institute. he is a senior fellow and the director of the program on palestine and pa

. >> the husband and wife enslaved in macon, georgia, cited they would sneak -- decided they would sneak, not with the underground railroad, not by hiding and traveling by night. they just go out in the full light of day disguised as master and slave with ellen posing as the master and william as the slave. that story struck me from the beginning. >> her book "master, slave, husband, wife" tonight on "q&a." you can listen any with our free c-span now app. ♪ >> the house will be in order. >> this year, c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we have been your primary source for capitol hill, taking you to where the policies are are debated and decided with the help of america's cable companies. stay up-to-date with the latest in publishing with the booktv podcast about books with current, nonfiction book releases, plus bestseller lists, and trends through insider interviews. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by khaled elgindy with the middle east institute. he is a senior fellow and the director of the program on palestine and pale

georgia. this is south of macon. they have severe thunderstorm warnings.f part of the same system here is the tornado warning. this is right in plymouth. you can see this is north carolina, one that just popped up here. so this is a cell that's rolling through this hour. the now is exhibiting that there is rotation associated with it more as we head towards norfolk, virginia. and then if we go farther to the north, you can see even more in the northeast. we've had this line rolling across all that area surrounded in yellow as the watch for severe thunderstorms now not only there but the midwest at this hour starting to get these things firing up here, too. we get to the heat of the day. heat is part of what kicks this off. you can see as we get down into parts of the midwest as well. a couple up in iowa, a few down in and around missouri. so tomorrow we'll see more of this. unfortunately, as we go throughout the day, as i do expect that we're going you know, continue this not only this month and next month. these are the average amount of tornadoes per mon