Telling the full history of a Founding Father’s plantation
The Washington Post
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About this episode
James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, and his Montpelier estate was maintained by about 300 enslaved people over more than 140 years. In this conversation recorded on April 14 for Washington Post Live, James French, chair of the Montpelier Descendants Committee, joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss.