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William Slade (valet)
William Slade was valet at the White House to Abraham Lincoln (t. 1861 – 1865).〔Abraham Lincoln: A Life - Page 252 Michael Burlingame - 2008 "A few members of the White House staff were black, including the messenger-valet-steward William Slade, known as an excellent storyteller; the cook Cornelia Mitchell; and the butler Peter Brown. William Johnson, a valet-cum-barber .."〕 Previously Slade had kept a boardinghouse in Washington and served as a messenger in the Treasury Department.〔Abraham and Mary Lincoln - Page 86 Kenneth J. Winkle - 2011 "In Johnson's place, he appointed William Slade, an African American who kept a boardinghouse in Washington and was serving as a messenger in the Treasury Department. Slade became Lincoln's valet and “confidential messenger” and ..."〕 Lincoln used to test the lines of some of his speeches out on Slade.〔My Fellow Americans: Presidential Addresses That Shaped History - Page 73 James C. Humes - 1992 "During the process he would at times read out some lines to his valet, William Slade. "William, how does that sound?" he kept asking. Lincoln was not so much asking for advice as testing out the sound of the phrase as it rolled off his tongue."〕 He was an elder at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, Washington.〔The Living Lincoln - Page 110 Thomas A. Horrocks, Harold Holzer, Frank J. Williams - 2011 "An elder in the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Slade served as White House steward and as Lincoln's valet.46 ..."〕 His daughter recorded that her father had destroyed some old documents of Lincoln's.〔Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln And The Soldiers' Home - Page 69 Matthew Pinsker - 2005 "The daughter of William Slade, who was the presidential valet, reported that her father "had destroyed many old pieces of ..."〕〔Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America - Page 332 Allen C. Guelzo - 2006 "Nicolay dismissed Colfax's story out of hand, but there remains some possibility that there may indeed have been a “lost” version of the Proclamation, since the daughter of Lincoln's valet, William Slade, remembered that her father “destroyed ..."〕
In the 2012 film ''Lincoln'' directed by Steven Spielberg, his role was played by actor Stephen Henderson.
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