ISBN: 0230108938 EAN: 9780230108936
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan (View Publisher's Titles)
US SRP: $ 28.00 US -
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: January 03, 2012
Annotation: 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. Based on correspondence, legal documents, and journal entries, this amazing portrait of the times reveals the mores and attitudes toward slavery of the 19th century.