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

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.