A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons

Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

336 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give a...

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