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The Jeffersons at Shadwell

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Main Author: Kern, Susan (Susan A.)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Series:Lamar series in western history.
Subjects:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Childhood and youth.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Birthplace.
Jefferson, Peter, > 1708-1757.
Jefferson, Jane, > 1720-1776.
Plantation life > Virginia > Albemarle County > History > 18th century.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Virginia > Albemarle County.
Shadwell (Va. : Plantation)
Albemarle County (Va.) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The house: the material world of the Jeffersons at Shadwell
  • The household: making women's work apparent
  • The home quarter : material culture and status
  • The field quarters: slave life and field work
  • Plantation business: Peter Jefferson at home
  • The colony's business: Peter Jefferson's vantage
  • The intangible legacies: creating and keeping family history
  • Thomas Jefferson's Shadwell stories: family and slavery.

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