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Modern-day struggle at James Madison's plantation Montpelier to include the descendants' voices of the enslaved

  • Written by Stephen P. Hanna, Professor of Geography, University of Mary Washington
Modern-day struggle at James Madison's plantation Montpelier to include the descendants' voices of the enslavedReconstructed slave cabins at James Madison's Montpelier in Virginia.Stephen P. Hanna, Author provided

On May 17, 2022, after weeks of negative stories on Montpelier in the national press, the foundation that operates the Virginia plantation home of James Madison finally made good on its promise to share authority with descendants of people...

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