A slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012., New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Book
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xxiii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Boulder Main Adult NonFiction
326.8092 Tayl
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Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first White House memoir, and see his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War. Based on correspondence, legal documents, and journal entries rarely seen before, this amazing portrait reveals the mores and attitudes toward slavery in the nineteenth century, and sheds new light on famous characters such as James Madison, French General Lafayette, Dolley Madison, and many other long-forgotten slaves, abolitionists, and civil rights activists.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
African American abolitionists -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Jennings, Paul, -- 1799-1874.
Madison, Dolley, -- 1768-1849 -- Relations with African Americans.
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Relations with African Americans.
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
African American abolitionists -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Jennings, Paul, -- 1799-1874.
Madison, Dolley, -- 1768-1849 -- Relations with African Americans.
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Relations with African Americans.
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
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English
ISBN:
9780230108936
Notes
General Note
Includes : A Colored man's reminiscences of James Madison by Paul Jennings.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Taylor, E. D. (2012). A slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling. 2012. A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling, A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling. A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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