[lbo-talk] War protests in LA area

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> Carl Remick wrote:
> 
> >JFK was the most avid at this.  I recall he had a particularly 
> >high-wattage assembly of cultural dignitaries at the White House 
> >once and delivered a line that someone had written for him about the 
> >gathering being the most impressive show of talent there since 
> >Thomas Jefferson had dined at the White House alone.  The line is 
> >kind of spoiled, though, when you think that Mr. American 
> >Renaissance Man wouldn't have been dining alone, exactly, but 
> >surrounded, as always, by slaves.
> 
> Is that true? Were there slaves in the White House?
> 
> Doug

Jefferson brought many of his slaves to work in the White House since there was no White House staff at 
the time. Edy Fossett and Fanny Bowles are two of Jeffersons slaves that records prove were used as staff 
while Jefferson occupied the White House. I'm sure there were others as well. These two are well known 
because of claims concerning Jeffersons sexual escapades.

John Thornton