A house built by slaves : African American visitors to the Lincoln White House /: African American visitors to the Lincoln White House. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonathan W. White.
• Authors: White, Jonathan W, 1979-
• Contents: Preface. “There Was No Color Line There” Chapter 1. “A Continual Torment To Me” Interlude. The Office Chapter 2. “The Political Wonders of the Year” Chapter 3. “A Spectacle, as Humiliating as it was Extraordinary” Chapter 4. “The Lord Has Work For Me Here” Interlude. Foreign Diplomats Chapter 5. “The Promise Being Made, Must Be Kept” Chapter 6. “I Felt Big There” Chapter 7. “Without Molestation or Insult” Interlude. The Ballot Chapter 8. “To Keep the Jewel of Liberty within the Family of Freedom” Chapter 9. “The Object is a Worthy One” Chapter 10. “A Testimonial of Her Appreciation” Interlude. City Point Chapter 11. “Douglass, I Hate Slavery as Much as You Do” Chapter 12. “In the Presence of a Friend” Chapter 13. “All the People . . . Are Invited” Interlude. The House Chamber Chapter 14. “I’ve Come to Propose Something to You” Chapter 15. “A Sacred Effort” Chapter 16. “She is My Equal, and the Equal of All Others” Interlude. Richmond Chapter 17. “The Great Guiding Hand that Now Lay Paralyzed in Death” Epilogue. “Emphatically the Black Man’s President” Appendix. Unconfirmed Meetings Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 973.7092; Hospitality -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects; Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; History -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538161814
• Related ISBNs: 9781538161807
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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