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The other Madisons : the lost history of a president's Black family
- Author / Creator
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- Summary
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"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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- Creator
- Bettye Kearse
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- x, 253 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781328604392, 132860439X, 9781328603531, 9781328603531
- OCLC
- on1105149639
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253).
- 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
Subjects
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Family.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- relations with African Americans.
- Madison family.
- Mandy, active 18th century.
- Coreen, active 18th century.
- African American families -- History.
- Racially mixed people -- United States.
- Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- History.
- Freed persons -- Texas -- History.