Murder at Montpelier
Virginia, biography
Virginia, history
Slaves, united states
Cultural assimilation
Culture conflict
Plantation life
Death and burial
Slaves
United states, race relations
Race relations
Murder
Family
Social conditions
Biography
History
In 1732 Ambrose Madison, grandfather of the future president, languished for weeks in a sickbed then died. The death, soon after his arrival on the plantation, bore hallmarks of what planters assumed to be traditional African medicine. African slaves were suspected of poisoning their master. For Mon…
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