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The other Madisons : the lost history of a president's Black family /

A descendant of a slave named Coreen, and-according to oral tradition-her owner, President James Madison, finally shares her family's story.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kearse, Bettye (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Subjects:
Madison, James, > 1751-1836 > Family.
Madison, James, > 1751-1836 > relations with African Americans.
Madison family.
Mandy, > active 18th century.
Coreen, > active 18th century.
African American families > History.
Racially mixed people > United States.
Slaves > Virginia > History.
Freedmen > Texas > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
HISTORY / African American.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The new Griotte
  • The box
  • Family stories
  • Footsteps
  • Living history
  • Destination Jim Crow
  • The dentist
  • Beads
  • The castle
  • The museum
  • "Visiting"
  • Sanctuaries
  • In search of the President's son
  • Elizabeth
  • Free!
  • Gramps
  • New York memorial
  • The plantation's tale
  • History, heritage, memory.