my great-great-grandfather, john person, owned the land. >> mark person is maurice's cousin. family, they were slave owners. >> yeah. they did own slaves. but a lot of the neighbors didn't like john person 'cause he was too kind to the slaves sometimes. but he said, "hey, it's my land. everybody's welcome." and nat turner approached him and said, "i'd like to be baptized here." >> after the baptism, nat becomes inspired by the story of moses leading the israelites to freedom and by the fiery visions in the book of revelations. >> and nat became, in his own words, a free man to god at that time. he felt that his purpose was to be a redeemer. and he felt that slavery was a moral wrong, and so, therefore, he was entitled to seek revenge for that. >> he slowly came to the idea that he was chosen by god to engage in a rebellion against slavery. the end of the world being near, he would kill everybody. >> historian kenneth greenberg tells me a series of visions and voices that turner thinks are from god only reinforce his beliefs. >> he sees blood on the corn. he sees christ's arms

ensure his instructions were followed, shelburne took the precaution of dispatching his personal secretary, maurice morgan, as carlton's assistant. after carlton and morgan reached new york, washington complained it was impossible to say whether the new mission was to concede independence as americans understood the term or legislative independence while the king retained supremacy. as late as the end of july, shelburne minded richard oz weld, britain's emissary to paris, was his preference was for a settlement based on a federal union that would keep the american states within the british empire. shelburne conceded the american commissioners were unlikely to agree. but he retreats from this position gradually. shelburne had a habit of saying one thing then another. he was hard to pin down. after he concedes defeat, he continued to talk about a federal union. in a matter of weeks, he admitted defeat. bowing to necessity, he instructed oz weld to do what the earl of carlisle did not and negotiate with benjamin franklin and john jay their capacity as ministers of the independent united states. on nov

to ensure his instructions were followed he dispatched his personal seth maurice morgan as carlton'sssistant. after carlton and morgan reached new york washington complained that it was impossible to say whether the new commander's mission was to concede independence as americans understood the team or legislative independence while the king retained, quote, the same kind of supremacy as in ireland. meanwhile, as late as the ends of july shell born reminded richard oz well, britain's emissary to the peace talks in paris that his preference was for a setment based on a quote federal union that would keep the 13 american states within the british empire though shell born conceded that the american commissioners were unlikely to agree to such terms. shell bourn had a nasty habit of saying one thing and then another. he was hard to pin down. even after he concedes defeat he continues to talk about a federal union. within a matter of weeks he did in fact admit defeat. bowing to necessity he instructed richard oswell to do what the earl of call lyle cannot and negotiate with benjamin frank

his instructions were followed, shelburne took the added precaution of dispatching his personal secretary, maurice morgan, as carleton's assistant. after carleton and morgan reached new york, washington complained that it was impossible to say whether the new commanders mission was to concede independence as americans as the -- understood the terms, or legislative independence while the king retained quote, the same kind of supremacy as an island. meanwhile, as ladies the end of july, shelburne reminded richard odds weld that his preference was for a settlement based on federal union that would keep the 13 american states within the british empire. those shelburne conceded that the american commissioners were unlikely to agree to such terms. shelburne retreats from this position gradually. he also had a nasty habit of saying one thing and then another. he was kind of hard to pin down. even after he concedes defeat, he continues to talk about a federal union. well within a matter of weeks, he did in fact admit defeat. bowing to necessity, instructed to negotiate with benjamin franklin and john j in

. >> ahead on "sunday morning," pete davidson on his deeply personal new movie. >> pauley: maurice duboisks at what it's like to be in a black man in america. >>> kelefa sanneh takes us to tulsa 99 years after a notorious massacre. >>> david martin talks with chris wallace about his new book about the decision to drop a bomb on hiroshima in world war ii. >>> plus -- steve hartman, our farewells to the artist christo and more. on this "sunday morning" for the 7th of june, 2020. we'll be back in a moment. day by day for nearly two week ♪ motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. >> pauley: day by day for nearly two weeks now, anger has been raging over the death of george floyd. along with the resolve to do something about the disturbing record of poli

so, lz, one person who will likely be a witness at the trial, of course, is the person who was there, floyd's friend, mauriceter hall. he was in the car when floyd was arrested. he spoke today for the first time. he told "the new york times" in part, and i quote, he was just crying out at that time for anyone to help. he was dying. i'm going to always remember seeing the fear in floyd's face, because he's such a king. that's what sticks with me. seeing a grown man cry before seeing a grown man die. and you know, lz, you talk about how people couldn't go anywhere and had to watch this video in a way perhaps that many americans have not focused, frankly, on these horrific videos that have come in the past. this horrible moment. how important is this video in shaping the response that we're seeing across this country and frankly, around the world right now? >> you know, i'm conflicted with the answer to that question. one, because of the video, it's been very effective in terms of getting the word out, building a coalition that erin i've been covering protests and deaths of this nature for quite some time. and

maurice-rogers. uncomfortable with how this is being handled, similarly to how they felt uncomfortable following charlottesville. with one person on the reelection campaign who said there is an open debate among the president's advisors on how he should be handling this. tom: that is where i wanted to go to in this final question. youk you appearing -- thank for appearing with us hourly on "surveillance." when i watched the video yesterday, it seemed it was almost 40 or 50 white people straggling after the president and he made after -- he made up his mind he was walking over to st. john's. those advisors of many different opinions at the white house, do they have his ear, or is he completely removed from his advisors? your point, i to think that if you -- part of reporting in this moment is, i think, looking at all of the ideology.bubbles of i think last night in particular, the conservative media landscape was increasingly theical of this moment of president. i would anticipate that that would continue this morning. because the one thing that people want right now is for also an be reform but immediate stop to the violence. i