The following is an excerpt from the introduction of The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, which is available wherever books are sold. Who Was Julia Chinn? Julia Ann Chinn was an enslaved Black woman. Born sometime between 1790 and 1797, Julia was originally owned by Richard’s parents, Robert and Jemima Suggett Johnson. Trained to be a domestic servant, Julia moved to Richard’s home, Blue Spring Farm, around age fourteen and became his housekeeper. The pair began having intercourse shortly thereafter, and Julia gave birth to the...