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Showing posts with label Slave Owning Presidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slave Owning Presidents. Show all posts
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Thomas Jefferson's Broken Promise to Thaddeus Kosciuszko

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History Network News article, "Why We Should All Regret Jefferson's Broken Promise to Thaddeus Kosciuszko," by Gary B. Nash a...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Black History of the White House

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Most of us have grown up with a particular framework about American history and particularly the history of the presidencies. For the most p...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Ulysses S. Grant: Slavery at White Haven

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Slavery at White Haven Many visitors to Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site are surprised to learn that slaves lived and worked on the n...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Madison and the White House, Through the Memoir of a Slave

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A COLORED MAN'S REMINISCENCES OF JAMES MADISON. BY PAUL JENNINGS. BROOKLYN: GEORGE C. BEADLE, 1865. PREFACE. Among the...
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Paul Jennings was President James Madison's enslaved manservant

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Paul Jennings, who was born a slave on President James Madison’s estate at Montpelier in 1799, was a "body servant" who attended t...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Twelve presidents owned slaves

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Twelve presidents owned slaves: George Washington James Madison Thomas Jefferson James Monroe Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry ...
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