Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison
Among 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.
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