In the Shadow of Liberty

Name: In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
ISBN: 9781627793117

The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

Kenneth C. Davis

2016·286 pages·Nonfiction

Biography Historical Fiction

Here are the stories of five enslaved people who witnessed the birth of America: Billy Lee, valet to George Washington; Ona Judge, who escaped from Martha Washington; Isaac Granger, servant of Thomas Jefferson; Paul Jennings, who witnessed the War of 1812 in James Madison's White House; and Alfred Jackson, "owned" by Andrew Jackson. These true stories explore our country's great, tragic contradiction--that a nation "conceived in liberty" was also born in shackles.

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