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POST" PROUD SPONSORS OF THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, I WELCOME YOU TO THE 2012 NATIONAL BOOK...
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WRITTEN THIS WONDERFUL BOOK AND VERY IMPORTANT BOOK "A SLAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE: PAUL JENNINGS AND THE MADISONS," AND AS A JOURNALIST, I'M REALLY INTERESTED...
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THIS WAS A TRUE LABOR OF LOVE. I RESEARCHED MY TOPIC FOR THREE YEARS AND SPENT A YEAR-PLUS WRITING IT. IT IS HUMMABLING AND GRATIFYING TO SEE IT SO...
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| 00:17:09 |
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REALLY COVETED POSITION. JENNINGS REUNITED WITH HIS CHILDREN AND THEY ALL LIVED TOGETHER IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT INCLUDED TAX SLAVES...
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| 00:31:16 |
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HITCHED TO PAUL JENNINGS AND TO UNTOLD NUMBER OF OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS WHOSE STORIES MAY NEVER BE KNOWN BUT WHO LIKE JENNINGS OVERCAME A BARRAGE OF...
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| 00:32:08 |
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MADISON AND HIS PREDECESSOR JEFFERSON? THEY WERE NEIGHBORS AND IN TERMS OF THE SLAVES, THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU SPOKE ABOUT. YOU FIND FORCES WHERE...
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| 00:32:33 |
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HAD VERY SIMILAR VIEWS ABOUT IT. THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT SLAVERY WAS IMMORAL. AND ABOMINABLE CRIME, JEFFERSON CALLED IT. MADISON SAID THAT IT WAS A MORAL,...
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| 00:35:54 |
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DOES. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE ISSUES OF CANDOR IN THE MEMOIR LIKE
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| 00:36:04 |
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THIS. JOHN BORUK FORCEFUL WAS AN AMATEUR HISTORIAN AND HE GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE BACK STORY OF HIS CO-WORKER IN THE PENSION OFFICE AND I CAN HEAR HIM...
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| 00:39:15 |
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GOOD MASTERS SOMEONE WHO -- YOU ARE EATING FROM HIS TABLE AND WEARING HIS HAND ME DOWN CLOTHES AND HAVE A LOT OF LIBERTY BUT THAT IS THE CRUELEST MASTER...
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| 00:40:07 |
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INTERPRETER TO ASSURE THEM THAT JEFFERSON, MADISON, THEY WERE GOOD MASTERS AND I WILL NOT ANSWER SUCH A QUESTION DIRECTLY AND INSTEAD WHAT I'D DO IS QUOTE...
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| 00:42:06 |
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APPEAR TO BE RELATED. THE RESCUE OF THE GREAT PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME FOR A LONG TIME THAT BY STATING THAT IN ADDITION...
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| 00:42:43 |
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A GRIEVANCE. INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCES INTERFERING WITH RECONCILIATION WITH BETWEEN
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| 00:42:48 |
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COUNTRIES. >> DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT WAS REALLY JENNINGS AND SOME OF HIS CO-WORKERS WHO FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THE ACTUAL RESCUE THAT IS WHY I WOULD NEVER
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| 00:42:57 |
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SAY IS FAIR TO GIVE DOLLEY MADISON THE CREDIT BECAUSE HER PATRIOTIC IMPULSE TO MAKE SURE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT LED TO THE RESCUE OF THE PORTRAIT....
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