Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling. Title: A slave in the White House : Paul Jennings and the Madisons / Elizabeth Dowling Taylor with foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Description: xxiii, 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Jennings, Paul, 1799-1874. Madison, James, 1751-1836. Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849. White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century. Enslaved persons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography. Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Biography. Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography. African American abolitionists -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index. 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. LCCN: 2011021111 ISBN: 9780230108936 0230108938 Other Number: 728656746 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 307987 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 973.52 Taylor Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
