{"text":"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.","author":"Howard Zinn","tags":["american-revolution","food-for-thought","founding-fathers","slavery","slavery-history","slavery-in-the-united-states"],"id":83025,"author_id":"Howard+Zinn"}