The other Madisons : the lost history of a president's Black family

Summary: "Bettye Kearse -- a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison -- shares her family story and explores the issues of legacy, race, and the powerful consequences of telling the whole truth."--

Item details

ISBN: 9781328604392
ISBN: 132860439X
ISBN: 9781328603531
Physical Description: print
x, 253 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; 22 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253).
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- The new Griotte -- The box -- Family stories -- Footsteps -- Living history -- Destination Jim Crow -- The dentist -- Beads -- The castle -- The museum -- "Visiting" -- Sanctuaries -- In search of the President's son -- Elizabeth -- Free! -- Gramps -- New York memorial -- The plantation's tale -- History, heritage, memory.