mr. chaplin. they were found by the same bounty catcher, policeman mr. garter. of an of the resident esquire under the floor of the kitchen. we see time and time, the desire of our ancestors to be free. as i have said earlier, to live in dignity. there was little dignity for men and women of african descent to hold onto in the early days of the nation's capital. we get no better visage, no better way to look at this then to look at a man who deserves to be much better known today. let me introduce senator henry was some -- senator henry wilson. a senator from massachusetts and the author of a significant work called the history of the rise and fall of the slave power in america. that draftede man the legislation for the emancipation in d.c. he also drafted the legislation for the collapse of the black code in the district of columbia. he deserves to be better known but he is not taught about in our schools. even though folks who live while he was alive and he died in the united states capitol building on stage and still fighting. he was a man who was born under

mr. chaplin. they were found by the same bounty hunter policeman mr. , garter. secret of the resident of an esquire under the floor of the kitchen. we see time and time, the desire of our ancestors to be free. as i have said earlier, to live in dignity. but there was little dignity for men and women of african descent to hold onto in the early days of the nation's capital. we get no better visage, no better way to look at this then -- then to look at a man who deserves to be much better known today. let me introduce senator henry wilson. president,18th vice a senator from massachusetts, and the author of a significant work called the history of the rise and fall of the slave power in america. he is also the man that drafted the legislation for the emancipation in d.c. he also drafted the legislation for the collapse of the black code in the district of columbia. he deserves to be better known but he is not taught about in our schools. even though folks who lived while he was alive, and he died in the united states capitol building still fighting, he was a man wh