![]() ![]() Historians, with the help of recently published volumes of his papers, have come to see Madison as the true luminary he was: not only was he a dominant author of the Constitution and The Federalist Papers, but also largely responsible for the Bill of Rights, which defended minority rights against encroachment by the federal government. Five foot six to Jefferson’s towering six foot three eight years Jefferson’s junior more a secretary than a leading voice at the Constitutional Convention.īut only in the past few years has that changed. ![]() For generations, both the public and professional historians had relegated him to a sort of second-tier Founding Father status, the obsequious acolyte of Jefferson, who, it was thought, Madison was inferior to in every way. It has taken awhile, but James Madison finally seems to be emerging from the shadow of Thomas Jefferson. A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the MadisonsBy Elizabeth Dowling Taylor.Foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed.336 pages. ![]()
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