families, it was probably quite a substantial number. another indication he might have allowed dealing in his tavern is he held an enslaved man named moses for a mr. marshall who possibly duped moses into coming with him to alexandria. after his master died, moses was sold to a man from new orleans. mr. marshall managed to persuade him from the man and then traveled to new york and get his freedom, and then left him in the care of john gadsby. any records in the involvement in slave trading in 1808 end around 1880 when he leaves for baltimore. in baltimore, john gadsby continued to use enslaved labor at his indian queen hotel. however, for african-americans, the climate and slavery sorry, the climate of slavery and their conditions were somewhat better. the post-war depression inspired a switch to the less labor intensive wheat and corn as cash crops, limiting the need for enslaved people. while many owners sold the people they enslaved, many more manumitted people, so ma
know. and he goes on to be you see lots of political cartoons. he s labeled a czar, you see historians writing about him as a czar. they don t really notice the fact that that was a real dig at him. it was not a complimentary reference, so this is a way they are trying to get jews charged up to vote against lomazny by calling him a czar. they re organizing this meeting in a synagogue. and look at the bottom of the flyer. you have the english account and down here you have hebrew. i can t tell you what it says but i m guessing it says about the same thing that it says up here. so this is about, again, mobilizing russian or eastern european jews, most of the jews in the west end were from russia. mobilizing them in their own native tongue, meeting in a synagogue, voting for a jewish candidate, so you re both jewish and an active citizen at the same time, once again. this is very similar to what you saw with the irish in the 19th century, this effort to be both a citizen and
image, in which the north elevation of the slave quarters is barely visible over here. but you get the sense of it, its size and shape. the african-american men pictured in the foreground could have been servants living in the slave quarters. i am going to continue to use that term to talk about the building, not only because it makes clear the original intent of its construction, but also because it was its vernacular name used for it across the 20th century. 1880 census listed three african-american servants, william hanson, john smith, and elizabeth abby living in the house of edward beal. by 1900, the population of servants living on the property had doubled. of the six servants living on the property, five were classified by the census as black. mazie worked as a reader. ellen, a ladies made. emma thomas worked as a land dress and was the only married servant in the household. lloyd lyles, a coach man, aid adolph bird worked as a butler. only one of the african-american
you re watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. coming up, a program on african-american work and life in washington, d.c. especially in the area around the white house known as president s park. we ll hear from alexandra lane. rights and reproduction coordinator for the historical association about the gadsby family. we ll also hear from elizabeth dowling taylor, paul jennings and the madisons. this hour-long event took place at st. john s church on the edge of presidents park. thank you. we have just learned about thank you. we ve just learned about an important space in the history of decatur house in the nation s capital in our last presentatio
thank you. we have just learned about thank you. we ve just learned about an important space in the history of decatur house in the nation s capital in our last presentation. now we ll hear about one of the many owners of the house, john gads by along with his business interest in washington and how he associated with the slave trade. as gath rin mentioned this morning, we do know the names of those enslaved men, women and children living in the decatur house quarters. when the quarters played a role in the slave trade remains illusive. the early results show an enterprise that predates gads by s residency on the square. it raises questions that seek resolution as her work goes forward in the future. alexandra came to the white house historical association by way of a national trust internship that she served while concluding the graduate program in public history at american university. now on our staff, she has an opportunity to continue this exciting research. please wel