Welcome, everybody live at the l. A. Times book festival. We hope youre having an extraordinary day. Welcome also are friends coming in via this recording for cspans book tv. We are thrilled to be with you. My name is martha jones and i have the distinct pleasure of moderating the panel today. The legacy of slavery through the generations. My first task is to introduce the extraordinary authors. I begin to my left. Carry greenwich is the author of the grimkes the legacy of slavery in an american family. Congratulations on being a finalist this year before the l. A. Times book prize. Rachel jamison webster, author of Benjamin Banneker and us 11 generations of an american family. Welcome, rachel. Williams, author of, i saw death coming, a history of terror and survival in the war against reconstruction. And, the author of master slave husband wife and epic journey from slavery to freedom. You can already hear where this conversation will go and i am thrilled to help facilitate it. To sta