Henry Johnson (~1844–December 5, 1890) was a Tennessean who was once enslaved by Andrew Johnson. Johnson purchased Henry in 1857 for US$1,050 (equivalent to $32,978 in 2022), when Henry was approximately 13 years old.[1] Unlike Sam, Dolly, Liz, Florence and William, Johnson does not appear to be enumerated on the 1860 slave schedule as property of Andrew Johnson.[2][3] Johnson emancipated all of his personal slaves on August 8, 1863.[1]
In 1864 and 1865, when Andrew Johnson was military governor of Tennessee, he "claimed pay toward wages, rations, and clothing for three servants: Henry, Florence, and Elizabeth (Liz)."[4] Henry worked at the White House during the Johnson administration.[5] He may be conflated in some historical accounts with Henry Brown, who was likely an older man and who died of cholera in Washington, D.C. in 1866.[6][7]
^ abcNPS Staff. "Slaves of Andrew Johnson". Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
^"Andrew Johnson - Role: Slave Owner/Principal - Count: 5", Eighth United States Census, Slave Schedules, 1860 – via FamilySearch
^Bowen, David Warren (1989). Andrew Johnson and the Negro. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. pp. TK. ISBN978-0-87049-584-7. LCCN 88009668. OCLC 17764213.
^Fling, Sarah (2021). "The Formerly Enslaved Households of President Andrew Johnson". WHHA (en-US). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
^Holland, Jesse J. (2016). The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press. pp. 193–201. ISBN978-1-4930-0846-9. LCCN 2015034010. OCLC 926105956.
^"Washington: By Telegraph to the Tribune". New York Tribune. 1866-10-29. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-06-26 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
^Bergeron, Paul H. (2001). "Robert Johnson: The President's Troubled and Troubling Son". Journal of East Tennessee History. Knoxville, TN: East Tennessee Historical Society. 73: 1–22. ISSN 1058-2126. OCLC 760067571.
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