she did escape. valued her freedom much more than the relationship with the president and the first lady. he sent people to catch her. they never could find her. she ended up living in new hampshire. but he went to those great lengths and a lot of our early presidents didn t understand the desire for freedom was so strong much the among around them, they thought it was an act of disloyalty for a slave to escape. we can t understand that. but that s the way the early president s felt. host: the president s who had been signers of the lek alationlationlationlation def independence, more than any freedom of their homeland what caused african-american to escape enslavement. guest: yeah, it s the fundamental contradiction. a lot of people say these were people of their times. the presidents were creatures of the times. i think do expect our leaders to transcend the times. our early presidents did not. host: abigail told him not to forget the women. he talked in their c
while. there was a law where the slaves would be freed automatically after six months living in pennsylvania. he understood this and he didn t want his slaves to know the law or to talk about so he shuttled his slaves from the capitol, the temporary capitol in philadelphia back to his plantation in mount vernon as a subterfuge so they wouldn t fall within this six-month window and when slaves escaped there was a famous slave who was very close to washington and his wife. she did escape, valued her freedom much more than the president and the first lady and he sent someone out to catch her. she ended up living in new hampshire but he went to those great lengths and a lot of early presidents didn t understand the desire for freedom was so strong among the african-americans around them they felt it was an act of disloyalty for a slave to escape. we can t understand that today but that s the way the early presidents felt. host: these presidents who had been signers of declarati
talked about the day that electronics would takeover. for all long time, we have been talking about a shortage of oil and a shortage of food, but how could you believe it? food prices were remarkably low. we had huge stockpiles. well, this year, the great base for all right. this is the year where around the globe, change droughts in russia, south africa, south america floods in australia, much of this country, and we are into a world food shortage. prices are going up. some food is not available. it is a slow process that every week and every month at the supermarket, the new reality is the parent. sometimes, the things we wait for, and wait for, and finally believes are not coming, into a riot. global warming, it may be, or it may not be, but weather is taking its toll on world food production. not a happy thought. i do have a very special program for you today with our celebration of black history month, talking to a great correspondent of the white house who has writt
talked about the day that electronics would takeover. for all long time, we have been talking about a shortage of oil and a shortage of food, but how could you believe it? food prices were remarkably low. we had huge stockpiles. well, this year, the great base for all right. this is the year where around the globe, change droughts in russia, south africa, south america floods in australia, much of this country, and we are into a world food shortage. prices are going up. some food is not available. it is a slow process that every week and every month at the supermarket, the new reality is the parent. sometimes, the things we wait for, and wait for, and finally believes are not coming, into a riot. global warming, it may be, or it may not be, but weather is taking its toll on world food production. not a happy thought. i do have a very special program for you today with our celebration of black history month, talking to a great correspondent of the white house who has writt
direction. one more word i saw about william blank when reason sleeps, monsters awake. host: ishmael reed, we will leave it there. we could spend six hours going through your books at least. thank you for being with us this afternoon on booktv s in depth. very quickly here, ishmael reed nonfiction books. writin is fightin; airing dirty laundry, another day at the front, blu host: thank you for being with us here on booktv today. guest: thank you very much.up i enjoyed it. .. coming up next, book tv presents after words, an hour-long program where we invite just goes to interview authors. this week veteran white house reporter ken walsh explores the relationship between u.s. presidents and african-american white house workers. the former president of the white house correspondents association shows how race relations inside the president so often reflected those in american society. he talks with author and educator julianne malveaux. host: kenneth wollack, t