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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     White, Jonathan W., 1979- author.     Subjects     Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans.     Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.     White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      White, Jonathan W., 1979- author.       by title:      A house built by sla...         MARC Display

A house built by slaves : African American visitors to the Lincoln White House / Jonathan W. White. by White, Jonathan W., 1979- author. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] Subjects Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans.   Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.   White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.   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. ISBN:  9781538161807 (hardcover) : 153816180X (hardcover) : Description:  xxii, 251 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Contents:  "A continual torment to me" -- Interlude 1: The office -- "The political wonders of the year" -- "A spectacle, as humiliating as it was extraordinary" -- "The Lord has work for me here" -- Interlude 2: Foreign diplomats -- "The promise being made, must be kept" -- "I felt big there" -- "Without molestation or insult" -- Interlude 3: The ballot -- "To keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom" -- "The object is a worthy one" -- "A testimonial of her appreciation" -- Interlude 4: City point -- "Douglass, I hate slavery as much as you do" -- "In the presence of a friend" -- "All the people ...are invited" -- Interlude 5: The house chamber -- "I've come to propose something to you" -- "A sacred effort" -- "She is my equal, and the equal of all others" -- Interlude 6: Richmond -- "The great guiding hand that now lay paralyzed in death". Requests:  0 Summary:  "Jonathan White illuminates why Lincoln's then-unprecedented welcome of African Americans to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. Drawing from an array of primary sources, White reveals how the Great Emancipator used the White House as the stage to empower Black voices in our country's most divisive era"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.7092 Wh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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