# Richard Mentor Johnson

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The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn

Our book is: The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) by award-winning historian Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. Dr. Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chinn (ca. 1796–1833), the enslaved wi…

The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn

Our book is: The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) by award-winning historian Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. Dr. Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chinn (ca. 1796–1833), the enslaved wi…

The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn

Our book is: The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) by award-winning historian Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. Dr. Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chinn (ca. 1796–1833), the enslaved wi…

Eastern Standard - Mar. 6th, 2025

Kentucky Hall of Fame inductees Crystal Wilkinson and Frank X Walker.(Tom Eblen/Tom Eblen) Crystal Wilkinson and Frank X Walker on being named to the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. The erasure and resurrection of Julia Chinn, the enslaved Civil War era Scott County plantation manager who was the c…

Saving Choctaw Academy

At first glance, nothing really stands out about it except you can guess it’s very old. A three-story structure made of dry laid stone sitting on a Scott County farm has no historic plaque describing its unique place in American history. The large double doors and four windows in the front are boar…

AF-1076: Richard Mentor Johnson: A Controversial Hero

As we continue through our The Forgotten Seconds series—exploring the lives of vice presidents who never became president—we now turn to one of the most unusual figures ever to hold the office. Richard Mentor Johnson, a frontier-born politician from Kentucky, lived a life of contradictions. Celebra…

The Vice President's Black Wife

You may not have heard of America's ninth Vice President, Richard Mentor Johnson (he served one term under Martin Van Buren). And you almost certainly have not heard of his enslaved Black wife, Julia Chinn. Until now!! Everything we know about Julia is thanks to the decade of research Amrita Chakr…

15 U.S. Vice Presidents Who Made History for All the Wrong Reasons Scandals, Schemes, and Surprising Stories

Discover the untold stories of American vice presidents who caused more trouble than history remembers in this compelling episode, “15 U.S. Vice Presidents Who Caused More Trouble Than You Realized.” Dive deep into political scandals, secret conspiracies, and dramatic downfalls as we uncover the re…