
The Invisibles
The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House
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Narrado por:
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JD Jackson
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Jesse Holland
Jesse J. Holland's The Invisibles is the first book to tell the story of the executive mansion's most unexpected residents: the African American slaves who lived with the US presidents who owned them.
Interest in African Americans and the White House are at an all-time high due to the historic presidency of Barack Obama and the soon-to-be-opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American Culture and History. The Invisibles chronicles the African American presence inside the White House from its beginnings in 1782 until 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which granted slaves their freedom. During these years, slaves were the only African Americans to whom the most powerful men in the United States were exposed on a daily and familiar basis. By hearing about these often-intimate relationships, listeners will better understand some of the views that various presidents held about class and race in American society and how these slaves contributed not only to the lives and comforts of the presidents they served but to America as a whole.
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Would you listen to The Invisibles again? Why?
This is a fascinating, all too short history of the enslaved African-Americans who were the support staff of the great majority of our early presidents.What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The great variety of human stories - from the young woman who escaped George Washington's Philadelphia Executive Mansion to P. Jennings who showed charity to his former mistress (Dolly Madison) even though she had broken every promise made to him and his fellow slaves she had made. And the last slave of a US President lived until 1943!What about JD Jackson’s performance did you like?
Mr. Jackson had an easy to listen to clear voice and showed flexibility in both expressing the author's and the quoted slaves emotions and ideas while keeping the listener's interest.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The Real Backstairs of the White House.Any additional comments?
I only regret that Mr. Holland did not have more to share with us ( which he bemoans himself) and thank him for educating me on a subject that was never mentioned in my time in school.A history that all Americans should know.
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Finally Visible
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Holland is a journalist who wrote the book “Black Men Built the Capitol”. The book is well research, documented and well written. Holland provides analysis and insight into the period of American slavery. Overall the book provides a look at the White House from the viewpoint of slavery. J. D. Jackson did a good job narrating the book.
Riveting Book
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Loved it. Bought the actual book after listening.
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Well documented
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Fascinating
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However - it seems disjointed and often out of sequence. If I hadn't known the presidents in order I'd have Ben turned upside down.
Sometimes facts are repeated several times in a section - with exact same wording each time. It seemed at times previously stated facts were forgotten in the narrative. For example, Martha Washington's personal maid ran away because she was about to be given as a wedding present to a harsh mistress - later the maid is asked why she ran away and could give no answer why she'd left such a kind mistress. Eventually she said she wanted to be free. Any of the story may be correct or accurate, but it didn't make much sense listening to it. At the same time, the point is valid and presumably accurate that freedom is one of mankind's most basic needs and desires.
It may be some of my frustrations with the chronology would have been clarified by reading the book itself rather than listening to it.
Good info poorly written
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Fascinating
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The author's voice is clear and eloquent.
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interesting srubject
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