Ties that bound : founding first ladies and slaves /

Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it was in the households of the Founding Fathers from Virginia where slaves worked and suffered throughout the domestic environments of the era, from Mount Vernon, Monticello and Montpelier to the nation&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schwartz, Marie Jenkins, 1946- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Washington, Martha, > 1731-1802. Randolph, Martha Jefferson, > 1772-1836. Madison, Dolley, > 1768-1849. Washington, Martha, > 1731-1802 > Employees. Randolph, Martha Jefferson, > 1772-1836 > Employees. Madison, Dolley, > 1768-1849 > Employees. Presidents' spouses > United States. Slaves > United States > History > 18th century. Slaves > United States > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Washington. The widow Washington ; Martha Dandridge ; Married lady ; Mistress of Mount Vernon ; Revolutionary war ; First lady ; Slaves in the president's house ; Home again
Jefferson. Martha Wayles ; Mistress of Monticello I ; War in Virginia ; Birth and death at Monticello ; Patsy Jefferson and Sally Hemings ; First lady ; Mistress of Monticello II ; The Hemingses ; Death of Thomas Jefferson
Madison. Dolley Payne ; Mrs. Madison ; First lady ; Mistress of Montpelier ; Decline of Montpelier ; The widow Madison ; Sale of Montpelier ; In Washington ; Death of Dolley Madison
Epilogue inside and outside.