Dominion of Memories: Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia Babylonia & Sumer Hilles Professor of English and

Hilles Professor of English and Chairman of Medieval Studies

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Dominion of Memories: Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia Babylonia & Sumer Hilles Professor of English andFor decades, the Commonwealth of Virginia led the nation. The premier state in population, size, and wealth, it produced a galaxy of leaders: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Mason, Marshall. Four of the first five presidents were Virginians. And yet by the middle of the nineteenth century, Virginia had become a byword for slavery, provincialism, and poverty. What happened? In her remarkable book, Dominion of Memories, historian Susan Dunn