john rankin was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. he helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. he would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. this bible was given by john rankin to his daughter-in-law, mary a. rankin, on her wedding day to his son. what is special about bibles like this is that they have a lot of family photographs in the back. there is also family records written within this. as we research through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. the last item i would like to show you is our first edition book of "12 years a slave" by solomon northup. this is an early printing of the first edition. the book was so popular when it was published a second printing was made. that is what we are looking at here. solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into t

john rankin was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. he helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. he would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. this bible was given by john rankin to his daughter-in-law, mary a. rankin, on her wedding day to his son. what is special about bibles like this is that they have a lot of family photographs in the back. there is family records written within this. as we search through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. the last item i would like to show you is our first edition book of "12 years a slave" by solomon northup. this is an early printing of the first edition. the book was so popular when it was first published a second printing was made. that is what we are looking at here. solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into th

>> i don't have -- she was an abolitionist, she was an abolitionist but i don't have letters from her along those lines and it didn't seem to be a major issue with her. to her, i am saying. there were quite a few -- there was a woman named josephine -- >> i'm talking about clara barton. >> she was an abolitionist. it was a cause she was concerned about, but wasn't her major how occupation. yes. yes. >> thank you for speaking. i wondered how you got access to all these letters. was that difficult? >> we have the manuscript division of the library of congress and that is a good place to go. when i did family matters it was much harder for a couple reasons. we were dealing in the 18th-century, not the nineteenth and also a lot of people felt that i was the mere journalist and what was i doing rooting around in history? i am supposed to deal with today. people were not as forthcoming as they became after that book came out. once i published, started getting more help from historical societies, university libraries and historic homes. the library of congress was always helpful so that is,

that he had, if you will, sentiments of an abolitionist nature. he was watched and the bounty hunter's new. they were waiting for him when he got the -- got to the district line. from a local newspaper, from the very month and year, circumstances have occurred to fan the excitement in the city. an evolutionist by the name of -- an abolitionist by the name of william chaplin has seduced two slaves brought here by mrs. from congressvens and was in the act of carrying them off sometime during the last week but mr. garter of the police, suspecting his attentions, overhaul the carriage and after several shots had been fired. let me just see -- say parenthetically, he had no gun. they had to build it up. they had to build it up. which was returned by the police, riddling the carriage. chaplin and one of his slaves were arrested and brought back to washington where they were thrown into prison. here from a daily union, and local washington, d.c. paper, august 15, 1850. another case, some six weeks ago, three slaves brought to the city by a member of cong

was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. he helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. he would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. this bible was given by john rankin to his daughter-in-law, ankin, on her wedding day to his son. what is special about bibles have ais is that they lot of family photographs in the back. there is family records written within this. as research through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. the last item i would like to show you is our first edition book of "12 years a slave" by solomon northup. this is an early printing of the first edition. the book was so popular when it was first published a second printing was made. that is what we are looking at here. solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into the south several ti

that he had, if you will, sentiments of an abolitionist nature. he was watched and the bounty hunters knew. they were waiting for him when he got to the district line. from a local newspaper, from the very month and year, circumstances have occurred to fan the excitement in the city. an abolitionist by the name of william chaplin has seduced two slaves brought here by mrs. toombs and stevens from congress and was in the act of carrying them off sometime during the last week but mr. garter of the police, suspecting his intentions overhauled the , carriage and after several shots had been fired. let me just see -- say parenthetically, he had no gun. but they had to build it up. they had to build it up. which was returned by the police, riddling the carriage. chaplin and one of his slaves were arrested and brought back to washington where they were thrown into prison. the other slave escaped into the woods but has since returned wounded to his master. we jump down here to the "daily " a localos washington, d.c. paper, august 15, 1850. another case, s

he did not get reelected as mayor because he was too outspoken, especially because he was an abolitionist which was very important. this is right on the border of slave and free. he made a lot of enemies. ulysses was his older son and he worked with him in the tannery and hauling passengers and freight. jesse influenced everybody that he was around a couple of his personality. but i know ulysses was influenced very much by what jesse believed, and there are several people that grant, when he was a young boy, called .laves he help them escape up north. they had five children in addition to ulysses, but grant was the oldest boy so he got more things to do than the others. because he was such a good horseman he got to go on travels and hauling passengers and freight for his father. he went as far as toledo in a , non with no maps, no roads bridges. he had a lot more privileges than the others. there is one story that is very well known that influenced -- that made grant the kind of person he became, i really think. .e was 12 years old they were almost finished building a house and he was wal

especially he was an abolitionist, which was very important back then. this was right on the border of slave and free, so he made a lot of enemies as well. ulysses was his older son and worked with him over in the tannery and hauling passengers and freight. i know that ulysses was impacted byy much my what just -- what jesse believed. there are several people who have written books about that ,rant, when he was a young boy helped slaves escape up north. grant was the oldest boy. he got more accomplishing things to do than the others. the others had to stay in the tannery. but ulysses, because he was such a good horseman, he got to go on travels. he started his on business actually. toledo, 400 miles round-trip, in a wagon with no maps, no bridges, no roads. but he made it. he got a lot more privileges than the other children did. is one story that is very well-known. that insolence that may grant the kind of person he became. he was 12 years old, and a doctor built a house account. they were almost finished. and he was walking downhill to the creek. and

academic to become an abolitionist. but just say with me for a second on mauritania. the first time that you went there, and you saw something like that, and you understood this is not just, you know, a worker who's poor, this is legacy slavery, what went on for you? >> well, i was... i wasn't shocked, because i had been prepared for this. you know, i had spoken to people who had been in slavery in mauritania before i ever went to mauritania. so i had been prepared by their descriptions. but of course, it's a whole nother thing when you get there and you see it around you. you go into a shop, and you realize, "oh, the person humping the furniture around the back of the furniture shop is a slave." the person hammering a car wheel out in front of a mechanic's looks like... you realize by the rags and by the scars, that's almost undoubtedly a slave. and when you see slavery as ubiquitous, almost the way it would have been in alabama in 1850, it comes as a big shocker, and you begin to have that sense of a place which is sa

an abolitionist and the suffragist and a bomb tore basically, she was the first woman who had been allowed to report out of the capital press gallery before the war but she was soon kicked out of the capital press gallery because she wrote vicious truths. she actually wrote that daniel webster was drunk and the men were horrified. again i found it so recognizable because the same thing it happened when we women journalists started covering political campaigns. we got on the bus and the boys on the bus had taken a vow of america and we hadn't. we actually wrote on the campaign trail. i remember once coming back after some trip and i was on the brinkley showing i was the only woman. and i said something along the lines we do report everything that the candidate is up to. it's relevant and of course we tell the stories from the trail and a lot of our best friends are the other correspondence wives and his look of total terror. came over the guys faces and a timekeeper for the show said they were 45 solid minutes of silence. while they absorbed this piece of information in their work are women

in fact, a party that was formed as an abolitionist party, a party that worked hard to get gun rights for friedman. a party that pushed civil rights and vote rights. >> here now, ebony williams, welcome both of you. good to see you. i think it's simple. i think republicans have failed, they make these very conservative promises. people's expectations go up. they're really going to do it this time and then they wimp out and back down. >> this is an increde bable opportunity. dr. carson's right. i think for the first time in a long time, they're the real chance here. i think many republicans said they felt it was a waste of time, but now, because the democrats have made it really easy. they're not particularly compelling. the state of america is in crisis. black employment, as high as ever. the crime in black communities, rampant. >> if you look at democratic breakouts of people who have supported obama, they are faired far worse under his policy, yet many support him. >> we can argue as to whether that's obama's fault, but that's over. put some specifics on the bones and really stick t

one james -- who was an abolitionist and a suffragist and a bomb door basically but she was the first woman who had an allowed to report out of the capital press gallery. but she was soon kicked out of the capital press gallery because she wrote vicious truths she actually wrote the daniel webster was a drunk and a man were horrified. again i found is so recognizable because the same thing happens when the women journalists started covering political campaigns. got on the bus and the boys on the bus had taken that battle of all-america and we hadn't. we actually wrote on the campaign trail. i remember coming back after a trip that i was on and i was the only woman and i said something along the lines we do rip port what the candidate is up to. it's relevant and of course we tell stories from the trail and a lot of our best friends are the other correspondence lives. and that look of total terror. came over the guys faces and the timekeeper for the shows that there were 45 solid minutes of silence. [laughter] while they absorb this piece of information. and then there are women need to

in fact, a party that was formed as an abolitionist party, a party that worked hard to get gun rights for friedman. a party that pushed civil rights and vote rights. >> here now, ebony williams, welcome both of you. good to see you. i think it's simple. i think republicans have failed, they make these very conservative promises. people's expectations go up. they're really going to do it this time and then they wimp out and back down. >> this is an increde bable opportunity. dr. carson's right. i think for the first time in a long time, they're the real chance here. i think many republicans said they felt it was a waste of time, but now, because the democrats have made it really easy. they're not particularly compelling. the state of america is in crisis. black employment, as high as ever. the crime in black communities, rampant. >> if you look at democratic breakouts of people who have supported obama, they are faired far worse under his policy, yet many support him. >> we can argue as to whether that's obama's fault, but that's over. put some specifics on the bones and really stick t

formi informing they will about the history of the gop in fact a party that was formed as an abolitionist party a party that worked hard to get gun rights for freedman a party that pushed civil rights and voting rights. >> here now with cox news c -- news con train but >> i think republicans have failed they make these very conservative promises, people's expectations go up. okay they have to do it this time. they wimp out and they back down. >> this is an incredible opportunity. doctor carson is right. there's a real chance here. many republicans in the past felt like it was a waste of their time. democrats made it very easily. they are not compelling the fate of black america is in crisis black unemployment is as high as it has ever been. >> isn't it amazing you look at the democratic breakouts they have fared far worse under his policies than anybody else. many still support them. >> we can argue the mayor says it is obama's fault or not. i think it would be smart of the gop to take the opportunity to put specifics on the bones and police outta agenda. >> mercedes that came out in 2014

an abolitionist papers edited by the newspaper contains this. source.the original the building was just office of the patent office, which means it was not far from what we call the verizon center. a mighty throng is 6 -- throng is assembled. they were committed to prison, they were pardoned by president fillmore in 1852. the pearl of fair. this is the personal memoir where he wrote about it. we don't know the exact place that they sailed from. the pearl had been carrying coal. if you can imagine more than 70 women and children getting down into the hole of the ship. nothing but freedom would satisfy their thirst. next slide. he writes about how when they were wrought -- when they were brought back, the rage of them -- of the mob brought them in another direction. the mob accordingly, as the night came on the off this of the national era -- -- the office of the national era -- the man that wrote this document would never recover from the time he spent in the blue jug. and he would later commit suicide. were so many other people involved in getti

like the story of frederick douglass he becomes free, he becomes an abolitionist. when he teaches himself how to read and write that is his freedom. then he can start challenging what folks are telling him. then he starts to be part of this underground railroad himself. he comes to cincinnati at least once. he talks about the story of the power of education. it is the power of understanding you can challenge authority by empowering yourself, you have to understand that contrary diction, struggle and perseverance as part of your life. >> lewis was very much an interesting man he actually ends up in boston. when he and suppan boston he's helping people with the underground railroad. his home is still there today. one of the interesting things is slave catchers are coming to his home. he says okay come get me but look under my porch. it was full of dynamite. you come up on my property and we are all gone. there are some very interesting stories that came out like that. but there also some other stories like john p parker. parker is a young man who is enslaved and is s

>> i don't have -- she was an abolitionist, she was an abolitionist but i don't have letters from her along those lines and it didn't seem to be a major issue with her. to her, i am saying. there were quite a few -- there was a woman named josephine -- >> i'm talking about clara barton. >> she was an abolitionist. it was a cause she was concerned about, but wasn't her major how occupation. yes. yes. >> thank you for speaking. i wondered how you got access to all these letters. was that difficult? >> we have the manuscript division of the library of congress and that is a good place to go. when i did family matters it was much harder for a couple reasons. we were dealing in the 18th-century, not the nineteenth and also a lot of people felt that i was the mere journalist and what was i doing rooting around in history? i am supposed to deal with today. people were not as forthcoming as they became after that book came out. once i published, started getting more help from historical societies, university libraries and historic homes. the library of congress was always helpful so that is,

he also arrested and puts on trial a white abolitionist, an anti-slavery man from new york, a doctor named ruben crandle who had been bringing a trunkload of anti-slavery publicications to washington. and he wanted to send a message not just to the anti-slavery forces in washington but to everywhere in the country, your activities will not be tolerated at all. so that, the book tells the story of how the riot comes to then the story of the criminal trials that follow. so when arthur bowen goes on trial in 1835, key is very eager to win a conviction. by this time mrs. thornlten has come forward and come to the defense of her alleged assailant. and she says in the trial, arthur never lifted the axe. that she had never believed that he intended to hurt her. that she felt safe in his presence. that he was just drunk and that she wanted the whole thing to go away. well, key was implaqueable. and he didn't listen to this. he managed to get other people to override her testimony. so arthur bowen is convicted and there's only one pub yirnment for that which is the death penalty, capital puni

the abolitionist had that connection with england and transatlantic, no question. women's suffrage, back and forth. socialists were global in a sense. they talked about the irish struggle for independence and talked about india and anti-colonialism and talked about russian revolution and what happened. they talked about the liberation of the jews in the czarist empire. they taught people they were part of a worldwide movement. they spoken american language but not an exceptionalism that said we are so superior to everybody we do not to think about anything happening in other countries. and they did. bridging the gap between high culture and maybe a little culture. many writers were associated with the socialists, they had public event. isadora duncan. you would not have it today without isadora duncan. came to new york from california and gave benefit performances for the socialist party. they were at the cutting edge of culture. as well as you know, political thought. there was even, believe it or not, a socialist persons at columbia university. an article from "t

he was a leading abolitionist. he never owned a slave. so if we're going to communicate our values worldwide, it seems surprising to many of us that hamilton would be diminished in a way, and the $20 bill would remain intact. >> yet in 2015 you do recognize that it's kind of high time we had a woman or at least recognize that half of our society is making a contribution to our national life, no? >> i agree, ray. we've been big cheerleaders and partners with barbara howard and susan stone with the work in the '20s and their success on hamilton on the 10s remain. the fact that there's a petition at 46,000 votes hopefully to your audience's reach we could day. >> are you surprised whether you hear american history spoken of, when you know how it's being tawd, that hamiltotaught, that t have the stature of washington, jackson, that set up an owner's manual for the country? >> ray that's one of the favorite questions ever asked. because for years the greatness of leamed hamilto alexander hamilton wasn't known. the aha society, i was a business

abolitionist harriet tubman and thanked other ground breaking actresses. after 16 nominations in his career, jon hamm finally wins for his role as don draper on madmen. he got a standing ovation, and he flopped his way onto the stage. but perhaps one of the biggest surprises and emotional moments of the night belonged to tracy morgan presenting the outstanding drama award to game of thrones. >> i miss you guys so much. last year jim hawaii kimmel said -- jimmy kimmel said on the stage, we'll see you back here, tracy morgan. >> he showed his sense of humor was still very much intact. >> only recently i've started to feel like myself again, which means a whole lot of women are afterparty. [laughter] speech. >> he just got married! >> yeah, yeah. and then we're taking a look at julia louis-dreyfus because she won for the forty year in -- fourth year in a row for veep. they also won best comedy series. also winning big was olive kitteridge. >> who's that? >> i mean, they won everything in the limited series category, best actress -- >> what does that mean? >>

she is the first nonwhite actress to claim that prize referring to the abolitionist harriet tubman in her acceptance speech saying you cannot win emmys with roles that are not there. >> jon hamm broke his string of bad luck, crawling onto the stage from his front row seat nominations, finally winning for his iconic part in "mad men." and "game of thrones" took the prize for best drama series setting anew record for most emmy wins ever. the sci-fi series earning 12 awards this year beat ago "the you love this show. >> i do love the show. i'm sure many of the fellow fans are trying to see if the actor who plays john snow was on stage. if that might be one clue that he's really not dead because we know he's not dead. we know that that was just fake blood at the end of the season. no, he's coming back. he's been spotted in dublin. they're shooting. >> okay. we're going to take your word for it. if it doesn't happen, we're coming to get you. >> we'll see. >>> a big night for ""veep," winning top comedy series. writer and supporter actor awards also. star julia louis-dreyfus has made her fo

." >> who viola davis won an emmy last week, she made history as the first black woman to win in that category. and she called on a history that dates back to the 1800ss with words spoken by the abolitionist harriet tubman. >> in my mind, i see a line, and over that line, i see greenfields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line. but i can't seem to get there no how. i can't seem to get over that line. >> reporter: but davis was using tubman's words to illustrate lack of opportunities in the movie industry for african american women today saying. >> you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. >> reporter: to pursue that further, we met up with a man who's been involved in looking at just that issue over time. he's darnell hunt, chair of the department of sociology at u.c.l.a., and the head of its ralph bunch center for african american studies. professor darnell hunt, thank you for joining us. >> i'm glad to be here. >> reporter: the other night at the emmy awards, viola davis seems to have really struck a nerve,