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- Artist
- Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Autographed
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults, Ages 9-12
- Inscribed
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780230108936
- Book Title
- Slave in the White House : Paul Jennings and the Madisons
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Presidents & Heads of State, Historical, African American
- Item Weight
- 18 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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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 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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St. Martin's Press
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0230108938
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9780230108936
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Slave in the White House : Paul Jennings and the Madisons
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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English
Publication Year
2012
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United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Presidents & Heads of State, Historical, African American
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Yes
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Biography & Autobiography, History
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Hardcover
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1.3 in
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18 Oz
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9.6 in
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6.5 in
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Reviews
"[Fleshed] out with imaginative and thorough research, careful supposition and heavy contextual description . . . An important story of human struggle, determination and triumph." Kirkus Reviews "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." -- David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, author of The Last of 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." --Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities., Who was Paul Jennings? And who was "JBR," who recorded Jennings' reminiscences, first published in 1863? How did the account get into print? And were there any Jennings descendants who could shed light on their ancestor? In "A Slave in the White House," Taylor answers those questions, and many more. ...Taylor's book brightly illuminates slave life at Montpelier and the very different, but connected, world of free blacks in Washington that Jennings joined upon gaining his freedom., Taylor, who has a Ph.D. from Berkeley and for many years was a historian at the Montpelier estate, balances this portrait with a scrupulous unearthing of the plantation's less-than-noble reality...Taylor leavens this morbid tale with Paul Jennings's remarkable story., "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, [A] Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." -- David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize wining biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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 Clark University and author of The Last of 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." --Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, Even if you are not a lover of biographies and/or memoirs, please pick this one up. The author did an amazing job in researching this book with the help of Jennings descendants. It's a keeper., "The life of Paul Jennings, a slave owned by US President James Madison and his wife, Dolly, throws fascinating light on both the struggles of a black man in 19th-century America and life in the early years of the young American republic." -- The Christian Science Monitor "President James Madison's 'slave,' Paul Jennings, took all of that Founding Father's lectures about freedom seriously. That's why he mounted escapes from slavery for himself and his family. He set up communities alongside ex-slaves of Washington, Jefferson and Madison. The author has all the documents right here." --The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A revealing study . . . Taylor fleshes out slender sources into a convincing recreation of Jennings's relatively privileged but precarious existence, setting it against a vivid portrait of the deeply conflicted Madison . . . Taylor paints a fascinating portrait of slavery, hypocrisy, and one man's quiet struggle to overcome its injustices." -- Publishers Weekly 'Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence.' - David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." - Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence., A detailed picture of the lives of Virgnia slaves and their interactions with their owners, each other, and the wider community., You might think you know our nation's past, but this book may surprise you. If you're up for a great historical biography, in fact, "A Slave in the White House" will surely keep you in your seat., "An important story of human struggle, determination and triumph." -- Kirkus Reviews "A revealing study . . . Taylor fleshes out slender sources into a convincing recreation of Jennings's relatively privileged but precarious existence, setting it against a vivid portrait of the deeply conflicted Madison . . . Taylor paints a fascinating portrait of slavery, hypocrisy, and one man's quiet struggle to overcome its injustices." Publishers Weekly "Even if you are not a lover of biographies and/or memoirs, please pick this one up. The author did an amazing job in researching this book with the help of Jennings descendants. It's a keeper."-- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Even if you are not a lover of biographies and/or memoirs, please pick this one up. The author did an amazing job in researching this book with the help of Jennings descendants. It's a keeper." -- Mary Lignor, Feathered Quill Book Reviews "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." - David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." - Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 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., "An important story of human struggle, determination and triumph." -- Kirkus Reviews "A revealing study . . . Taylor fleshes out slender sources into a convincing recreation of Jennings's relatively privileged but precarious existence, setting it against a vivid portrait of the deeply conflicted Madison . . . Taylor paints a fascinating portrait of slavery, hypocrisy, and one man's quiet struggle to overcome its injustices." Publishers Weekly 'Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence.' - David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." - Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 'A revealing study . . . Taylor fleshes out slender sources into a convincing recreation of Jennings's relatively privileged but precarious existence, setting it against a vivid portrait of the deeply conflicted Madison . . . Taylor paints a fascinating portrait of slavery, hypocrisy, and one man's quiet struggle to overcome its injustices.' Publishers Weekly 'Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence.' - David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." - Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, "A revealing study . . . Taylor fleshes out slender sources into a convincing recreation of Jennings's relatively privileged but precarious existence, setting it against a vivid portrait of the deeply conflicted Madison . . . Taylor paints a fascinating portrait of slavery, hypocrisy, and one man's quiet struggle to overcome its injustices." Publishers Weekly "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." -- David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, author of The Last of 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." --Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 , imaginative and thorough research, careful supposition and heavy contextual description. ...Taylor reminds us of the moral failures of the Founding Fathers, especially their unwillingness to accept the notion that black people should enjoy the benefits of freedom so eloquently expressed in the nation's founding documents. ...This is an important story of human struggle, determination and triumph., '[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 Clark University and author of The Last of 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, [Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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., "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." -- David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, author of The Last of 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." --Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, "An important story of human struggle, determination and triumph." -- Kirkus Reviews "A revealing study . . . Taylor fleshes out slender sources into a convincing recreation of Jennings's relatively privileged but precarious existence, setting it against a vivid portrait of the deeply conflicted Madison . . . Taylor paints a fascinating portrait of slavery, hypocrisy, and one man's quiet struggle to overcome its injustices." Publishers Weekly "Even if you are not a lover of biographies and/or memoirs, please pick this one up. The author did an amazing job in researching this book with the help of Jennings descendants. It's a keeper." -- Mary Lignor, Feathered Quill Book Reviews "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, A Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." - David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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, 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." - Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, "[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 Clark University and author of The Last of 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, she describes some of the subtle and not-so-subtle methods that white slaveholders, even including the libertarian Madison, used to dehumanize their "property." In Jennings' case they did not succeed, and now his struggle for a life of freedom speaks eloquently across the years., "Thanks to Elizabeth Dowling's enterprise and craftsmanship in rescuing and reanimating this significant and remarkable, but nearly forgotten, American personality, [A] Slave in the White House is a gift to the early history of the republic and the long story of black and white interdependence." -- David Levering Lewis, author of District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History and a Pulitzer Prize wining biography of W.E.B. Du Bois "[Paul Jennings's] remarkable life sheds new light on the central themes of American history during his lifetime and beyond. Taylor's sensitive reconstruction... yields fresh perspectives on... James and Dolley Madison... 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 Clark University and author of The Last of 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 "Taylor's careful reconstruction of the life of James Madison's slave valet reveals American history from a different angle. Rescuing George Washington's portrait from the British army, helping fellow slaves escape, earning his freedom from Dolley Madison with help from Daniel Webster, Paul Jennings led a life full of vivid episodes and famous personalities." --Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, '[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, What emerges is a portrait of a remarkably willful, ambitious, opportunistic, and in his own way well-connected American whose life came to embody what the Civil War historian Gabor Boritt has called the "right to rise." You could also call it the American dream., provides abundant insight, and cause for reflection into a time not so long ago when human beings were treated as property, even ones owned by presidents espousing the merits of liberty. ...an eyes-wide-open, extensively researched look at the politics of slavery, and the widely-held, deeply embedded belief among white America that black America was not its equal. ...frank, engaging and well-documented account of bondage in Washington, D.C. and the south at the nation's infancy., The life of Paul Jennings, a slave owned by US President James Madison and his wife, Dolly, throws fascinating light on both the struggles of a black man in 19th-century America and life in the early years of the young American republic.
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2011-021111
Dewey Decimal
326/.8092 B
Lc Classification Number
E444.J46t39 2011
Table of Content
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
Copyright Date
2011
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Denver, North Carolina, Stati Uniti
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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua e Barbuda, Arabia Saudita, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgio, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Botswana, Brasile, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambogia, Camerun, Canada, Capo Verde, Isole, Ciad, Cile, Cina, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Colombia, Corea del Sud, Costa Rica, Costa d'Avorio, Danimarca, Ecuador, Egitto, El Salvador, Emirati Arabi Uniti, Eritrea, Estonia, Etiopia, Fiji, Filippine, Finlandia, Francia, Gambia, Georgia, Germania, Ghana, Giamaica, Giappone, Gibilterra, Gibuti, Giordania, Grecia, Grenada, Groenlandia, Guatemala, Guiana, Guinea, Guinea Equatoriale, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Irlanda, Islanda, Isole Cayman, Isole Salomone, Israele, Italia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Lettonia, Libano, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldive, Mali, Malta, Marocco, Mauritania, Mauritius, Messico, Moldavia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambico, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norvegia, Nuova Zelanda, Oman, Paesi Bassi, Pakistan, Panama, Papua Nuova Guinea, Paraguay, Perù, Polonia, Portogallo, Qatar, Regno Unito, Repubblica Ceca, Repubblica Centrafricana, Repubblica Dominicana, Repubblica del Congo, Repubblica del Gabon, Repubblica dell'Azerbaigian, Repubblica democratica del Congo, Repubblica di Croazia, Romania, Ruanda, Saint Kitts e Nevis, Saint Vincent e Grenadine, Samoa occidentali, San Marino, Santa Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Sri Lanka, Stati Uniti, Sud Africa, Suriname, Svezia, Svizzera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailandia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad e Tobago, Tunisia, Turchia, Turkmenistan, Turks e Caicos, Isole, Uganda, Ungheria, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis e Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Paesi in cui non si effettua la spedizione:
Barbados, Federazione Russa, Guadalupa, Guyana francese, Libia, Martinica, Nuova Caledonia, Polinesia francese, Riunione, Ucraina, Venezuela
Spedizione e imballaggio | A | Servizio | Consegna*Vedi le note di consegna |
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US $4,13 (circa EUR 3,85) | Stati Uniti | Economica (USPS Media MailTM) | Consegna prevista tra il ven 28 giu e il mer 3 lug a 43230 |
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Really fast shipping, very good like new condition and fair price.
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Terrible packaging in shipment, no filler for cushioning. and item was attached to glue inside from package on one end of box. Forcing protective clear sleeve to be cut from item.