Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Review: “A Slave in the White House, Paul Jennings and the Madisons” February 27, 2013 11:28 AM CDT By Rossana Cambron On Aug. 24, 2009, Paul Jennings’ descendants arrived at the White House for a private tour. Entering the White House, where their ancestor — a former slave — served President James Madison, must have been a surreal moment for them all. Add to that, the fact that the first African-American president was now in office; these descendants could easily have felt an overwhelming sense of the foreign and indescribable.