Title: A slave in the White House
Description: 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.
Subjects: African American abolitionists, Relations with African Americans, Abolitionists, Slaves, White House (Washington, D.C.), Biography, History, Madison, james, 1751-1836, Madison, dolley, 1768-1849, Slaves, united states, Washington (d.c.), biography, Virginia, biography, African americans, biography
Places: United States, Washington (D.C.), Virginia
People: Dolley Madison (1768-1849), Paul Jennings (b. 1799), James Madison (1751-1836)
Time periods: 19th century