Special thanks to Zach for sharing his time and insight with us! To learn more about Zach’s work on Elias Polk:

• “James K Polk: Ancestry, Politics, & Policies.” C-SPAN. 12 Apr 2019. https://www.c-span.org/video/?459435-3/james-k-polk-ancestry-politics-policies
• Kinslow, Zacharie. “Enslaved and Entrenched: The Complex Life of Elias Polk.” White House Historical Association. 2018. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/enslaved-and-entrenched

Images Used in the Video:

• “Zacharie Kinslow” (3 photos) courtesy of Zacharie Kinslow
• “Elias Polk“, illustration originally from the Daily American newspaper in Elias Polk’s obituary announcement, 31 Dec 1886, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elias_Polk.jpg
• “James Knox Polk” by George Peter Alexander Healy [Oct 1858] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Knox_Polk_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg
• “Portrait of Mrs. James K Polk” by George Dury after George Peter Alexander Healy [1883] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polk_sarah.jpg
• “Daguerreotype of Dolley Madison” by Mathew Brady [1848] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daguerreotype_of_Dolley_Madison.jpg
• “A gathering on the South Portico of the White House of President Polk, Dolley Madison, and James Buchanan” by John Plumbe Jr [1848] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolly_MAdison.jpg
• “Paul Jennings” [pre-1874] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Jennings.jpg
• “Polk/Dallas Campaign Banner” by Nathaniel Currier firm [1844] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polk_Dallas_campaign_banner.jpg
• “James Knox Polk” by George Peter Alexander Healy [1846] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JamesKnoxPolk.png
• “John Quincy Adams” [c. 1855-1865 (copy)] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Q._Adams.jpg
• “Oil on canvas portrait of Henry Clay” by Henry F Darby [1858] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clay_portrait.jpg
• “Andrew Jackson” by Thomas Scully [1824] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Jackson.jpg
• “Lithograph of Andrew Jackson destroying the Second Bank of the United States” by Edward W Clay [c. 1832-1833] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1832bank1.jpg
• “A portrait of New York Governor and US President Martin Van Buren” by Daniel Huntington [c. late 19th/early 20th century] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MVanBuren.png
• “James K Polk” [c. 1846], courtesy of Zacharie Kinslow
• “James K Polk” [c. 1849], courtesy of Zacharie Kinslow
• “New Orleans lithograph from 1852” by J W Hill & Smith [1852] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Orleans_lithograph_from_1852.jpg
• “The Polk House,” courtesy of Zacharie Kinslow
• “Grundy Place” [pre-1845] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GrundyPlace.jpg
• “Hernán Cortés” (portrait given to James K Polk), courtesy of Zacharie Kinslow
• “The Death of James K Polk,” courtesy of Zacharie Kinslow
• “James and Sarah Polk” [1848-1849] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_K_Polk_and_Sarah_C_Polk.jpg
• “Sarah Childress Polk” by George Dury [1875] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarahdurry.gif.jpg
• “Portrait of Thomas Morris Chester, taken in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania circa 1870” by David C Burnite [1870] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Morris_Chester.jpg
• “Frederick Douglass” by George Kendall Warren [1879] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Douglass_(circa_1879).jpg

Featured Images: “James Knox Polk” by George Peter Alexander Healy [Oct 1858] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Knox_Polk_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg and “Portrait of Mrs. James K Polk” by George Dury after George Peter Alexander Healy [1883] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polk_sarah.jpg

Special thanks to Alex for providing the intro quote for this episode!

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Featured Image: “Benjamin Rush” by Charles Willson Peale [c. 1818], courtesy of Wikipedia