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The other Madisons : the lost history of a president's Black family /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020Description: x, 253 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781328604392
  • 132860439X
Other title:
  • Lost history of a president's Black family
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: The other MadisonsDDC classification:
  • 973.5/10922 23
LOC classification:
  • E342.1 .K43 2020
Contents:
Prologue -- 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.
Summary: "A descendant of a slave named Coreen, and-according to oral tradition-her owner, President James Madison, finally shares her family's story."--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973.5 KEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000574578

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue -- 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."--

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