ebooks The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Book 5 Udyoga Parva by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa in History

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THE INVISIBLES: Slavery Inside The White House and How It Helped Shape America is the first book to tell the story of the executive mansion’s most unexpected residents; the African American slaves who lived with the U.S. 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 that 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 reading about these often-intimate relationships; readers 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 life and comforts of the presidents they served; but to America as a whole.