because, he knows he has white kinfolk, he's lots of white kinfolk, he had black folk he didn't know and they found him later life. he not only had four surviving adult children but he had 21 grandchildren and he had some siblings who either adopted him or they adopted them out of slavery. all of them end up at cedar hill, the big house in washington at one time or another, they all died there and they all vary from there. cedar hill became a place of funerals in the 1880's and 1890's. about 14 of the grandchildren died in infancy or by their teenage years. the death of children in the 19th century was not uncommon. they lost four or five over and over. he never writes about any of that and the autobiographies of course. eddie: what's talked about in douglas the prophet, douglas the writer, douglas the politician, the republican, the blood sugar waving figure, the one who jealously guarded his position as the black leader. the old man who is famous. talk about this douglas. david: he didn't like the young rivals either. douglas loved being king of the hill. and those who tried to kno