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A slave in the White House, Paul Jennings and the Madisons, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

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A slave in the White House, Paul Jennings and the Madisons, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A slave in the White House
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
728656746
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Sub title
Paul Jennings and the Madisons
Summary
Chronicles the life of a former slave to James and Dolley Madison, tracing his early years on their plantation, his service in the White House household staff and post-emancipation achievements as a memoirist
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments -- Foreword / by Annette Gordon-Reed -- Author's note -- "Raised and nurtured" -- Presidential household -- "Enamoured with freedom" -- "Not even Paul" -- "Change of mind" -- "His own free hands" -- First families of color -- Epilogue. The right to rise -- Appendix A.A colored man's reminiscences of James Madison / by Paul Jennings -- Appendix B. Jennings family genealogy
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