The Other Madisons review: an astonishing story of a president's black family
by Michael Henry Adams from on (#55WN9)
In extraordinary times, as statues fall, Bettye Kearse has written an extraordinary book. It contains lessons for all Americans
As Virginia tobacco planters, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe, the first, third, fourth and fifth presidents of the United States, had much in common. Between them, over a generation, they owned more than 1,000 human beings.
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