Kearse, Bettye

The Other Madisons : the lost history of a president's Black family Lost history of a president's Black family / Bettye Kearse. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , c2020 - 253 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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


English

9781328604392


Madison, James (, 1751-1836)
Madison family


African American families
Racially mixed people- United States---Biography
Slaves---Virginia----Biography
Freedmen---Texas

E342.1 / .K43 2020

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