members of his cabinet would stay here, including people like alexander stephens, judah benjamin. this was made by mallard furniture company. it has the duck cartouche in the center at the head of the bed. the best fixtures, all of this was made by a wonderful fabric designer here in alabama. the people who came here were treated to the very best of everything. wonderful furniture. davis left montgomery in the late spring of 1861. it ended up as a boarding house for trainmen because it was next to the train station. it was so dilapidated, it was close to being demolished. the white house association saved the house, and it took 20 years to raise the money, because nobody had any money after the war, to buy the house and buy the property here, to have the house taken apart, in sections, moved and completely restored. we believe that the house doesn't represent his story and his history, how it involved him and his legacy. we use it as an educational tool. we want people to take away, from this house, the truth. jefferson davis was a great american. he was a great patriot. he served

even alexander stephens later wrote that the tale was on a list of the best hits of their character. but it expresses something about the confusion. what can be done. what are the possibilities. well as with everything lincoln, he evolved over time. he changed his mind. he considered. he contemplated. certainly in february of '65 signing the act for the freeman's bureau was one concrete positive step toward doing something about the transition from slooavery to freedom. an important first step in a government that of course was not used to in any way having a federal authority being responsible for helping. but he went further. he went further. in his last speech, towards the very end, he publicly endorsing black suffrage. for those who served and the well-educated. now people knew that privately he had been thinking about black suffrage. he had written a few letters in which he said for you eyes only. washington then for your eyes only meant everyone whispered to everyone else. did you hear that the president secretly endorses black suffrage? but now he publicly comes out and states

members of his cabinet would stay here, including people like alexander stephens, judah benjamin. this was made by mallard furniture company. it has the duck cartouche in the center at the head of the bed. thisest fixtures, all of was made by a wonderful fabric designer here in alabama. wereeople who came here treated to the very best of everything. wonderful furniture. davis left montgomery in the late spring of 1861. it ended up as a boarding house for trainmen because it was next to the train station. it was so dilapidated, it was close to being demolished. the white house association saved the house, and it took 20 years to raise the money, because nobody had any money after the war, to buy the house and buy the property here, to have the house taken apart, in sections, moved and completely restored. we believe that the house doesn't represent his story and his history, how it involved him and his legacy

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