Slavery and the White House
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
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Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...
Pierre Charles L'Enfant selected the site for the President's House and proposed a grand palace four times larger than the...
President Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder who brought a large household of slave domestics with him from Tennessee to the...
When James Hoban set sail for America, and where he landed, are not certain. By 1785, Hoban was advertising his services...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
Animals -- whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays -- have long been a major part of...
A master of the art of practical politics, Lyndon Johnson came into the White House after the tragedy of President...
White House staff who lived at the President’s House during the nineteenth century, including enslaved and free African Americans, us...
After 1802, James Hoban concentrated on his successful business partnership with Pierce Purcell in Washington, distancing himself from the politics and...
James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright,...
In 1791, working with George Washington, artist and engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant prepared a city plan for Washington, D.C., reserving...