James Madison was a white male southern planter, with great social status in his society. Madison was a slave owner who didn’t actually want slaves. His wife Dolley on the other hand was a supporter of slavery, but Madison had several internal conflicts dealing with whether or not he accepted it or disagreed with the whole situation. “Madison knew his beliefs were completely contradicting since America is about equality and liberty yet America was solely built on the backs of enslaved people” (“Montpelier: The People, The Place, The Idea”). He spoke against slavery multiple times, but knew every word he spoke contradicted everything else he spoke. Each one of Madison’s peers all had different viewpoints on the situation, which then made all decisions dealing with the abolition of slavery that much harder. Madison believed that white …show more content…
“As an adult, his party affiliations were Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Whig” (“John Quincy Adams President, Politician, Abolitionist, and Amistad Council”). After his presidency he went on to win the National Republican to the House of Representatives, serving there 17 years. he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Adams was an important antislavery voice In Congress. Adams presented to Congress the many petitions for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Adams represented several Africans in congress when issues were occurring. He is most known for the Amistad Africans who seized a ship after being a illegally captured on it. Adams was able to give the Africans the option to staying in the U.S. or go back to their Native Land as free people, instead of Cuba. Adams gave the African Americans hope that there could be hope they could be free in America sooner than