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african-americans and the circumstances surrounding their visits. this is 1:10. >> as we learned this morning, many did not enter service at lafayette square vounl taele vv. jefferson, madison, monroe, jackson, tyler, polk, taylor, owned slaves and brought them to the white house and from their plantations in the south. until 1862, when slavery was abolished in district of columbia slaves worked alongside paid black freemen and european servants at the white house. for most o...

james asked him how he enjoyed the wine to which old commented it was a fine wine. james then let him know that it was a wine from olds personal collection. had turned out that james had preserved most of olds personal effects and was pleased to return them to him as the war had ended. during the 1850s while the washington club was emerging, james also operated his own businesses in the properties on i street directly behind us today. his early hotel patrons were people like general sc...

colors, made by madam hyde denuville. hyden clay and martin van buren were notable whose rented the decatur house. these were some of the many people, many notable people, par sonages if you -- personages, whom jennings got to know. even as a slave, it helps to know people in high places. he was well connected, a networker and he took appropriate advantage of the connections in his pursuit of the right to rise. and i feel obliged to say that the door at dolly madisons house moved all o...

african-americans and the circumstances surrounding their visits. this is 1:10. >> as we learned this morning, many did not enter service at lafayette square vounl taele vv. jefferson, madison, monroe, jackson, tyler, polk, taylor, owned slaves and brought them to the white house and from their plantations in the south. until 1862, when slavery was abolished in district of columbia slaves worked alongside paid black freemen and european servants at the white house. for most of ...

wormleys was international in scope. it was widely known as the residence of choice for many european and south american delegates and financiers and was described by the famous european author in his multivolume treatment of his travels in america. trollop, while in washington, in 1860, was a frequent guest on madison place. he engaged rooms at the wormleys establishment on i street. in his book about his travels, he described wormley as thusly. im bound to say that my friend did well...

attended this church, one can readily see that these great figures were very familiar with the family and james in particular. shortly after 1850, lynch passed leaving each of his off spring to continue their personal growth in the fashion most suitable in their minds. drawing upon his skills as a nurse and catering to the rich and powerful, james became the first steward of the newly established exclusive washington club on la fayette park. based upon several newspaper accounts, his r...

known. he fled into new york on horseback and was able to speak to an antislavery group there who published this account of his harrowing account. finally we come to the fantastic and lurid story of daniel websters alleged illegitimate son benjamin webster. according to an 1878 atlanta paper called the commercial daily, benjamin claimed daniel was his father and mother charlotte gooding, one of john gadsbys servants. he was sold to help settle a card game in which gadsby lost gold. thi...

of the white house. first lady eleanor roosevelt widely known for her human rights efforts made it a point to seek out the advice and counsel of white house workers during the roosevelt administration. as a result, many white house workers encountered improved attitudes towards the household staff and african-americans in particular. throughout the century, working conditions of the white house would improve. over the 20th century, hundreds of people have worked behind will the scenes ...

african-americans and many notable figures of the past have also been african americans who have spent decades employed at the white house. some of the most famous are lillian rogers parks who was a seamstress and maid who first came to the white house as a young girl helping her mother, a white house maid, during the taft administration. her tale would eventually become a book and tv mini series called back stairs at the white house. she and other long time workers such as elon sew fi...

the 34i8 eun dollar question remains did the wails and cries of poor souls destined to be sold down south echo from decatur house. evidence lends itself to john and william quietly selling slaves out of their house. his neighbors owned enslaved people are not and many did. they would be publicly aghast as the horrors of the slave trade. given the trades high visibility, a public sale would have had john gads by held accountable by a strong and vocal anti-slavery and abolitionist contin...