Her mothers folks are from virginia and probably her fathers as well. John converts to quakerism and they go off and live in North Carolina in a quaker community. As far as we know dolley was born there so she is North Carolinas only first lady. What is sad about that she spends most of her life denying it. We think it has to do with her fathers shady Business Practices and they move back to virginia. So shes raised in the world of slave holding. Her father released his slaves as a quaker. Is that the cause of his inability to continue his business . I think he had other problems besides that. He couldnt farm so they moved to that chilly Northern City of philadelphia. Im not sure if you know so much about her thoughts of slavery. How is it that she reconciled herself to actually having slaves in the white house . I think thats a good question. Im not sure i know the answer to that. But she did not free any of her slaves as her father had. And she didnt speak out against slavery so the
Next monday night first Lady Elizabeth monroe was more private than Dolley Madison. She refused to continue the tradition of making social calls around the city. She spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. And Louisa Katherine adams was the only first lady born outside the u. S. Next monday live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan 3, also on cspan radio and cspan. Org. And our website has more about the first ladies including a welcome to the white house. The association is offing the book first ladies of the United States of america. And thoughts from Michelle Obama on the role of first ladies throughout history now available for the discounted price of 12. 95 plus shipping at cspan. Org slash products. Now the American Public Transportation Association discusses its priorities and spending cuts. Well hear from the Railroad Administration and the trance it administration. This is an hour and ten minutes. I agree, please wake up
It was hanging off and there was another one piled on top of looked like the third car was piled on top sideways. It was kind of on top of cars and cars running into it once it was on the ground. Joining me is jolene camp. What do we know . Our local affiliate in the seattle area is reporting that three fatalities have resulted from this Train Derailment. Nbc news has not independently confirmed that number but our nbc affiliate is reporting three fatalities. Were talking about 78 people on this train, 5 crew members. This was a relatively empty train going southbound. The derailment was reported at about 7 40 this morning. Ntsb is now headed to this area to investigate. The president , President Trump has been briefed on the matter and is aware of this incident. You can see there that i5 going southbound has been shut down. The Southbound Service of cascade train 501 on amtrak has also been suspended. The Pierce County Sheriffs Department has told us that nobody died in the cars that
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