A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons - Hardcover
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'[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction of one man and his family's experiences yields fresh perspectives on a wide range of subjects, including but hardly limited to James and Dolley Madison, the Montpelier plantation that was their and Jennings's home, the African-American experience under slavery, the world of free blacks in Washington City during the late antebellum era, and the Civil War and its legacy.Scholars and general readers alike will not be able to put this remarkable book down.' - Drew McCoy, history professor at ClarkUniversity and author of The Lastof the Fathers
'Elizabeth Dowling Taylor has presented us with the gift of a new American hero.With precision and compassion, Taylor deftly brings Paul Jennings out of the shadows of history. Writer, property-owner, freedom fighter, husband, and father - Jennings's life reveals the complicated humanity behind the designation 'slave.'This story will humble and inspire all who believe in the American Dream.' - Catherine Allgor, Professor of History at the University of California at Riverside, UC Presidential Chair
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'Elizabeth Dowling Taylor has presented us with the gift of a new American hero.With precision and compassion, Taylor deftly brings Paul Jennings out of the shadows of history. Writer, property-owner, freedom fighter, husband, and father - Jennings's life reveals the complicated humanity behind the designation 'slave.'This story will humble and inspire all who believe in the American Dream.' - Catherine Allgor, Professor of History at the University of California at Riverside, UC Presidential Chair
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 an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first White House memoir, and see his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War. He died a free man in northwest Washington at 75. Based on correspondence, legal documents, and journal entries rarely seen before, this amazing portrait of the times reveals the mores and attitudes toward slavery of the nineteenth century, and sheds new light on famous characters such as James Madison, who believed the white and black populations could not coexist as equals; French General Lafayette who was appalled by this idea; Dolley Madison, who ruthlessly sold Paul after her husband's death; and many other since forgotten slaves, abolitionists, and civil right activists.
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- VerlagPalgrave Macmillan
- Erscheinungsdatum2012
- ISBN 10 0230108938
- ISBN 13 9780230108936
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Sehr gut. 1 ed.,. XXIII, 304 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Karten, mit s/w. Abbildungen und Illustrationen, Fotos, Zustand: geringe Gebrauchs- u. Lagerspuren, sehr gutes Exemplar. Text / Sprache: Englisch , Inhalt: 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, 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 an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first White House memoir, and see his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War. He died a free man in northwest Washington at 75. Based on correspondence, legal documents, and journal entries rarely seen before, this amazing portrait of the times reveals the mores and attitudes toward slavery of the nineteenth century, and sheds new light on famous characters such as James Madison, who believed the white and black populations could not coexist as equals; French General Lafayette who was appalled by this idea; Dolley Madison, who ruthlessly sold Paul after her husband's death; and many other since forgotten slaves, abolitionists, and civil right activists. Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-295) and index , Elizabeth Dowling Taylor with foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed ; And, A colored man's reminiscences of James Madison / by Paul Jennings. 16923A ISBN 9780230108936 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 560 25 cm, gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover mit Original-SchutzUmschlag, Artikel-Nr. 46332
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