A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
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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. He died a free man in...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0230108938
ISBN13:9780230108936
Release Date:January 2012
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.17 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"
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