Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolu — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolu — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolu — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolu — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolu — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
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Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolution that he could make 257 dollars on every (black slave) in a year, and spend only 12 or 13 dollars on his keep.

— Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
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