A Slave in the White House

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.

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Annette Gordon-Reed, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2012
• EAN: 9780230108936
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10893-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies