American Archaeology | Summer 2009 | Vol. 13 No. 2

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Montpelier’s Other Half

James Madison was the principal author of the Constitution of the United States. But he and his wife Dolley kept slaves at their Montpelier estate. An investigation is uncovering evidence of how the Madisons treated their slaves. By Tony Reichhardt 20

summer • 2009


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