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A slave in the White House Paul Jennings and the Madisons /

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.

Main Author: Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description: xxiii, 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Jennings, Paul, -- 1799-1874.
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Relations with African Americans.
Madison, Dolley, -- 1768-1849 -- Relations with African Americans.
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836.
Madison, Dolley, -- 1768-1849.
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Biography.
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
African American abolitionists -- Biography.

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