"The blot on our Republican character."
— Slavery
January 1, 1970
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Racism
Human rights abuses
Slavery
Original Language: English
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James Madison, letter to Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1 February 1830), regarding slavery, as quoted in The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy (1989), by Drew R. McCoy, Cambridge University Press, p. 252
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James Madison, letter to Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1 February 1830), regarding slavery, as quoted in The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy (1989), by Drew R. McCoy, Cambridge University Press, p. 252