Jesse holland. Mr. Holland talked about his book subseven the invisibles. Jesse holland you write in your brandnew book, i decided i would write a second book in 2008 while riding on that then senator Barack Obamas president ial campaign bus and he made a week and stopped at his home in chicago illinois. Why did you leave your forwarded back . Guest part of the reason why i wrote about the africanamerican history in washington d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. It brought up a lot of interest in africanamerican history having the first africanamerican president of the white house and i was lucky enough to be assigned by the sociedad press to cover obama that weekend and i literally remember pulling up to a couple of blocks away from the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking to myself, what book am i going to write next and literally right there on that spot is where it hit me and i got so excited about the topic i immediately called my editor at that point and said this
But first, Steven Hammond talks about his research on the syphax. My name is steve hammond. Im i worked for the u. S. Geological survey for about 40 years. The Geological Survey is a Sister Agency to a National Park service and in my work, i was a deputy associate director that dell was earthquakes, volcanoes, naturales, a variety of hazards. My connection with the syphax family is an interesting one. My third greatgrandmother was a slave at the statehouse in washington, d. C. And her brother was a slave here. In termsilty way back of their connections to mount vernon and the local area here. Was born abouty 1791. And as a young man, he actually was living on the estate with his grandparents and he state whenrlington martha died in 1802. Believed he had relations with another slave at mount vernon. Together, they had a daughter. Amed mariah cawdor they both grew up here. Charles as a young man had an affinity to watch mariah grow up. They were married in 1821. Shortly after that, they