A House Built by Slaves

African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House

By Jonathan W. White

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Rediscover the forgotten story of how President Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House during America’s most divided and war-torn era.Jonathan White illuminates why Lincoln’s welcome of African Americans to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States, using the White House as the stage to empower Black voices in America's most divisive era.

$19.95