Additional Resources for Slavery in the President's Neighborhood
For Teachers Classroom Resource Packet: Slavery, Freedom, and the White HouseJames Madison's Montpelier: Fate in the BalanceThe Enslaved Household of...
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For Teachers Classroom Resource Packet: Slavery, Freedom, and the White HouseJames Madison's Montpelier: Fate in the BalanceThe Enslaved Household of...
Born in 1784, Zachary Taylor grew up on a plantation in Virginia. His father, Richard Taylor, was an officer in the...
While many tend to think that slavery was strictly a “southern” issue, this system of racial captivity and exploitation existed acro...
For nearly four decades until 1836, John Gadsby was the premier hotelier of Alexandria, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. He leased...
These powerful words open the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, the document by which the Second Continental Congress announced...
Nestled in the heart of Washington, D.C., Lafayette Park attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. From school...
In a single week in early 1801, James Madison experienced two major life events. On February 27, his father James Madison Sr....
In January 1829, less than two months before he became president, Andrew Jackson ordered an inventory of his slaves. The inventory...
First published in 1872, William Still’s The Underground Rail Road drew on the author’s personal experience working with the Penn...
Nancy Syphax was a member of a prominent Washington, D.C. family that was considered to be among the “Black El...
Nancy Syphax was a member of a prominent Washington, D.C. family that was considered to be among the “Black El...
Nancy Syphax was a member of a prominent Washington, D.C. family that was considered to be among the “Black El...