A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (Jonathan W. White - BH) tea pot the two men’s paths eventually

the two men’s paths eventually converged

Initial encounters

Swift Rebel raiders like the CSS Shenandoah decimated Union commerce while hundreds of storm-tossed blockaders patrolled the meandering southern coastline from Hatteras to Galveston to interdict enemy commerce

This engagingly written narrative history of a short but extremely important span of days vividly depicts the actions and thoughts of one of our greatest presidents during a time of national emergency

A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (Jonathan W. White - BH) tea pot the two men’s paths eventuallyA House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House Author: Jonathan W. White Rediscover the forgotten story of how President Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House during Americas most divided and war torn era. Jonathan White illuminates why Lincolns unprecedented welcoming of African American men and women to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. From his 1862