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To situate the president ial plantations back into the history of slavery or to situate slavery back into the history of the president ial plantations. Im not entirely sure, i went back and forth on how to say that, im not entirely sure which is the right way to say it, but i think what the crucial thing to say is that we are considering the processes that have erased the obvious location of the enslaved in the histories of the presidencies. And everyone here on this panel and many of you in the audience are involved in efforts that precisely do not assume that slavery is some sort of addition...

Good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome everyone to this afternoons panel. Public history and public memory, talking about slavery at president ial plantations. Im jennifer morgan, im a professor of history at new york university, where i work on colonial History Office enslaved people. Im very excited to be part of this afternoons conversation. Though my role here is primarily to facilitate and to learn, the presenters here have all spent their careers working in public history and have been at the front lines of important efforts to situate the president ial plantations back into the hi...

Architects look at the little house and say that does not really look like a wing of a president house. There are formal similarities to other dependency buildings from other plantations. The questions were lingering. When i got here, there were answers to questions i did not quite fully understand. Maybe it is just a willingness to say that i dont understand that. Because maybe it is perfectly clear but i just dont understand. Lets look further. There standing now in center of the spot where James Monroes original main house stood. This is where we discovered the well preserved foundations ju...

A look at our recent visit to charlottesville, virginia. I call it a president ial cold case. There were always questions about this house. Architects look at the little house and say that does not really look like a wing of a president s house. Similarities to other dependency buildings from other plantations. The questions were lingering. When i got here, there were answers to questions i did not quite fully understand. Maybe it is just a willingness to say that i dont understand that. Because maybe it is perfectly clear but i just dont understand. Lets look further. We are standing now in t...

Welcome to our annual symposium, the presidency and Historic Preservation is the topic for this year. These are hosted by the White House Historical association, and this year we have the honor of having our partners, the National Trust for Historic Preservation. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i think i know most of you here in this room. And i have the privilege and honor of serving as the president of the White House Historical association. Well, its been quite a while since we have had the opportunity to convene here on our campus. Everyone has been largely virtual in this occasion, has b...