This is the grave of Dolley Madison. Born in 1768 in the Quaker town of New Garden, North Carolina, Dolley Payne grew up in slaveholding luxury. When she was a child, many Quakers still held slaves. Her parents moved to Virginia when she was a...
james madison
This is the slave graveyard at Montpelier, James Madison's mansion. Ever since I visited Montpelier in June, I've been praising the amazing way that museum has redone its interpretation of.
This is the grave of James Madison. Born in 1751 on a plantation near Port Conway, Virginia, Madison grew up as a member of the Virginia slaveholding elite. He was.
So last weekend I was in Washington, D.C. to give a talk at a union conference and then I spent a couple days traveling through Virginia. That part of the trip was funded by grave donations and I assure you that I saw about 3...