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1809.
1817.
JAMES MADISON.
At Mont-pel-ier, in 1751, James Mad-i-son was born.
His folks were well-to-do plant-ers and had slaves.
The boy was not brought-up to farm work for this was
all done by the blacks in that part of the land at that time.
James felt, from the first, that he was born to lead and he
did so all his life.
The fa-ther of James Mad-i-son was a man of worth, but in his day there were no schools in all Vir-gin-ia, and he felt the loss of this to him, so he made up his mind that his own son should learn all he could and as soon as he could. The moth-er of young James was a great help to him at the start. She led him in the first steps, and the love of these two was sweet to see.
