CSPAN3 Slavery Martha Washington And Dolley Madison June 24, 2017
The National Archives hosted this hourlong event. George washington was a dedicated diary archivist beginning with a record of the days temperature and weather and the notable events that day. The entry for figure 18, 1786, just before his 54th birthday is longer than most for washington, and a list today of all of my negroes. The list totaled 216 persons in the first child named, the 12yearold was a seamstress betty and only became the personal attendant of Martha Washington in 1899. The story is part of the president ial household is revealed in todays book, ties that bound founding first la...