A slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons 9780230108936, 0230108938

Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of th

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9780230108936, 0230108938

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Table of contents :
Preface
A.Gordon-Reed Introduction Raised and Nurtured Presidential Household Enamoured with Freedom Not Even Paul Change of Mind His Own Free Hands First Families of Color The Right to Rise Appendix:A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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