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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 reputation grew substantially among washington elite. members of the club included jefferson davis, w...

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 webster's 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 gadsby's servants. he was sold to help settle a card game in which gadsby lost gold. this shows his willingness to sell people to pay debts. helped explain the involvement in the slave t...

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 at the white house preparing family meals, state dinners and welcoming visitors. today a household s...

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 fields, butler a and, and eugene allen, chief butler from 1952 to 1987, have been integral to the whit...

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 trade's high visibility, a public sale would have had john gads by held accountable by a strong and vocal anti-slavery and abolitionist contingent. gads by would not risk his public reputation by selling up shop in the celebrated decatur hou...