A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James MadisonAmong the laborers at the Department of the Interior is an intelligent colored man, Paul Jen nings, who was born a slave on President Madison's estate, -in Montpelier, Va., in 1799. His reputed father was Benj. Jennings, an English trader there, his mother, a slave of Mr. Madison, and the grand daughter of an Indian. Paul was a body servant of Mr. Madison, till his death, and afterwards of Daniel Webster, having purchased his freedom of Mrs. Madison. His character for sobriety, truth, and fidelity, is unquestioned, and as he was a daily witness of interesting events, I have thought some of his recollections were worth Writing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.