TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holland,Jesse J.
TI  - The invisibles: the untold story of African American slaves in the White House 
SN  - 9781493008469 (hardcopy)
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Guilford, Connecticut
PB  - Lyons Press, An imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - White House (Washington, D.C.)
KW  - History
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Biography
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Relations with African Americans
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- William Lee and New York City -- The beginning of African slavery in the United States -- Oney Judge and Philadelphia -- Slavery and the construction of the White House -- Thomas Jefferson and the first White House slaves -- The great American melting pot -- Paul Jennings and the burning of the White House -- Slavery, indentured servitude and the law -- Andrew Jackson's stables -- The rest -- Conclusion
N2  - The Invisibles chronicles the African American presence inside the White House from its beginnings in 1782 until 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that granted slaves their freedom. During these years, slaves were the only African Americans to whom the most powerful men in the United States were exposed on a daily, and familiar, basis. By reading about these often-intimate relationships, readers will better understand some of the views that various presidents held about class and race in American society, and how these slaves contributed not only to the life and comforts of the presidents they served, but to America as a whole
ER  -