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The true story of Paul Jennings, a slave in the household of America's fourth president James Madison, and an extraordinary man in his own right - he taught himself to write and read and purchased his freedom. This accessible and original narative history was a bestseller in the US.

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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

Slave in the White House Paul Jennings and the

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    A Paperback / softback by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, Annette Gordon-Reed

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      Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
      Published 6 March 2013
      ISBN-13 9780230341982
      978-0230341982
      ISBN-10 0230341985
      Also in:
      Biography: adventurers and explorers History of the Americas Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The true story of Paul Jennings, a slave in the household of America's fourth president James Madison, and an extraordinary man in his own right - he taught himself to write and read and purchased his freedom. This accessible and original narative history was a bestseller in the US.

      Table 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

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