The Lost History of James Madison's Black Family

Published: March 10, 2020, 6:45 a.m.

\u201cAlways remember\u2014you\u2019re a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president\u201d\n\nThis was Betty Kearse's family motto; a way to remember that they were descended from James Madison, but also Coreen, a slave who worked on the Montpelier plantation...