Read about three African Americans who became well-known for their ... where he was able to find work as a waiter in 1850. It was not long before DeBree presented proof of ownership to the Boston ...

“The presence of southern white families and enslaved ‘servants’ in the same hotel with a large and highly organized system of African American waiters (as well as some cooks and porters), all within ...

As he went about observing life in Mississippi and interviewing the locals, Frank was introduced to an African-American waiter named Booker Wright. With utter candor and a brazen lack of concern ...