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"A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history."Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"A compelling saga that gives a voice to those that history tried to erase...Poignant and eyeopening, this is a mustread."Booklist2021 Bronze Medal Winner of the Reader's Choice Book AwardNonfiction/Memoir2021 Library of Virginia's People's Choice Award NonfictionIn The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearsea descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madisonshares her family story and explores the issues of legacy, race, and the powerful consequences of telling the whole truth.For thousands of years, West African griots (men) and griottes (women) have recited the stories of their people. Without this tradition Bettye Kearse would not have known that she is a descendant of President James Madison and his slave, and halfsister, Coreen. In 1990, Bettye became the eighthgeneration griotte for her family. Their credoAlways rememberyoure a Madison. You come from African slaves and a presidentwas intended to be a source of pride, but for her, it echoed with abuses of slavery, including rape and incest.Confronting those abuses, Bettye embarked on a journey of discoveryof her ancestors, the nation, and herself. She learned that wherever African slaves walked, recorded history silenced their voices and buried their footsteps: beside a slaveholding fortress in Ghana; below a federal building in New York City; and under a brick walkway at James Madisons Virginia plantation. When Bettye tried to confirm the information her ancestors had passed down, she encountered obstacles at every turn.Part personal quest, part testimony, part historical correction, The Other Madisons is the saga of an extraordinary American family told by a griotte in search of the whole story.
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