Mom and I recently visited James Madison's lifelong home in western Virginia. It was a glorious spring day with the Blue Ridge Mountains forming a very comforting backdrop in the distance. Not far from Jefferson's Monticello, it's easy to see why this region was so inspirational to a handful of very influential founding fathers.
These are the slave quarters on the property. Madison is the quintessential example of how so many of the founding fathers just could not reasonably reconcile their love of individual liberty with their utter dependence on slavery. To its credit, the foundation managing the property is making a real effort to tell the tales of slave life on the property.
Loved the tulips!
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