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On the eve of the American Revolution williamsburg, virginia, was a bustling capital city, home to a large enslaved population. American history tv returns to the williamsburg at the 1770s where we are live from the historic district. We will see revolutionaries and loyalists mingle on the streets. The house of burgesses, where George Washington once served, and the Governors Palace, home to king george. We will also be taking your questions as we talked to historians, curators, and interpreters that will all be aboard the cspan bust today. Joining us is Colonial Williamsburg president mitchel...

Our bus is there and aboard the bust, ted is joining us. The Vice President of interpretation that williamsburg. He will take your questions, texts, commentary about what is happening and how it works at Colonial Williamsburg. They begin to set this conversation up with what is the economy like at this time in Colonial Williamsburg . Ted thank you, greta. In 1775, we are looking at a complex society, a stressful time. Those of us in 2015 like to think we invented both complexity and stress. Those living in williamsburg and thehe revolution beginning and especially how it unfolded, were experie...

The former nfl running back is a descendent of the host former slaves. This program is about an hour. Sucrose, Tomlinson Hill, what make you want to write that go . Well, i grew up knowing about Tomlinson Hill. Ive never been to tomlin sandhill, the grand father would always make, you know, we had a slave called Tomlinson Hill and when the slaves were freed, they loved it so much they took tomlinson as their last name. And as a seven and 8yearold kid in dallas going through desegregation because in 1973, dallas schools were still segregated and there is a court order and so race was very much ...

He was being lied to. And that is when he dedicated himself to not be a racist. Miles davis did that for him. Host good man. [laughter] how did that change the way you book did your family . Guest my grandfather died when i was very young. , did have the opportunity to confront him not that i would have the was a very angry man. And he did not have a lot of patience. And because of my fathers views he was very supportive. One of the things he had done is he would emphasize his mothers family that was swiss german and more progressive trying to instill their values rather than tomlinson values....

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