| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Paul Jennings was born into slavery in 1799 and came of age in the White House as James Madison's slave. After achieving his own freedom, Jennings endangered it by trying to free others in the greatest-scale-ever-attempted slave escape. He later established himself with a government job, living in the nation's capital alongside families of ex-slaves of presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, and he authored the first White House memoir, A colored man's reminiscences of James Madison. In a skillfully crafted narrative, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor draws on newly discovered documents to show what it was like to be the personal property of the fourth president of the United States, and paints provocative portraits of Madison's plantation and life for African Americans in early Washington. |
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White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 -- Relations with African Americans.
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Jennings, Paul, 1799-1874.
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African American abolitionists -- Biography.
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Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Biography.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
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Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Relations with African Americans.
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Enslaved persons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780230108936 hardcover $28.00 |
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0230108938 hardcover |
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