American Artifacts Preview: James Madison's Slaves
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James Madison, fourth President of the United States & often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution, owned approximately a hundred slaves at Montpelier, his 4600-acre estate in Orange County, Virginia. American History TV traveled 90 miles south of the nation's capital to learn about an archaeological project investigating the enslaved ... Read more
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- -: American Artifacts Preview: James Madison's Slaves
March 5, 2012 (over 1 year ago)James Madison, fourth President of the United States & often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution, owned approximately a hundred slaves at Montpelier, his 4600-acre estate in Orange County, Virginia. American History TV traveled 90 miles south of the nation's capital to learn about an ...
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March 12, 2012 (over 1 year ago)An installment in American HIstory TV's weekly series visiting college history classrooms around the United States.
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- -: American Artifacts Preview: Madison & Slave Cemeteries at Montpelier
March 16, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Montpelier Foundation Director Michael Quinn gave American History TV a tour of the Madison family and a slave cemetery at the Orange County, Virginia estate dedicated to the fourth President.
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- -: Lectures in History: Resistance by Enslaved Women
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- -: Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery
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- -: Freedom and American Identity
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