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On Sept. 23, 1814, Rep. Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky,

Blue Spring Farm, where Julia lived. This is the last standing slave building on the property, likely used as a kitchen. Courtesy photo by PETER DORFMAN Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers regards her work as an academic focused on slavery and Black women’s history as a “labor of recovery.” Her subjects, many illiterate, left little behind. Myers’ second book, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn, due out in 2022, focuses on the life of Julia Chinn, an enslaved wo...

This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.

The nation’s ninth vice president had an enslaved wife Julia Chinn died nearly four years before Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky took office, but because of controversy over her, Johnson is the only vice president in American history who failed to receive enough electoral votes to be elected. By Ronald G. ShaferThe Washington Post Share She was born enslaved and remained that way her entire life, even after she became Richard Mentor Johnson’s “bride.” Johnson, a Kentucky congressma...

The nations ninth vice president had an enslaved wife Ronald G. Shafer, The Washington Post Feb. 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3Richard Mentor Johnson became vice president in 1837.Library of CongressShow MoreShow Less 2of3This political cartoon was a racist attack on Richard Mentor Johnson because of his relationship with Julia Chinn.Library of CongressShow MoreShow Less 3of3 She was born enslaved and remained that way her entire life, even after she became Richard Mentor Johnsons "bride." ...