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We Were Always Free: The Maddens of Culpeper County, Virginia: A 200-Year Family History

By T.O. Madden Jr, Nell Irvin Painter (Foreword by), Ann L. Miller (Editor)
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By T.O. Madden Jr, Nell Irvin Painter (Foreword by), Ann L. Miller (Editor)
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"A deeply personal account of an extraordinary American family." —Newsweek

In August of 1758, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, a poor Irish immigrant named Mary Madden bore a child, Sarah Madden, whose father was said to be a slave and the property of Colonel James Madison, father of the future president of the United States. This daughter, though born a free mulatto, became indentured to the Madisons. There she worked as a seamstress to pay off the fine of her birth until she was 31 years ...

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