An edition of A slave in the White House (2011)
A slave in the White House
Paul Jennings and the Madisons
By Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan,Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Language
eng
Pages
316
Description:
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.
subjects: African American abolitionists, Relations with African Americans, Abolitionists, Slaves, White House (Washington, D.C.), Biography, History, Madison, james, 1751-1836, Madison, dolley, 1768-1849, Slaves, united states, Washington (d.c.), biography, Virginia, biography, African americans, biography
People: Dolley Madison (1768-1849), Paul Jennings (b. 1799), James Madison (1751-1836)
Places: United States, Washington (D.C.), Virginia
Times: 19th century