Hidden lives
the archaeology of slave life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
by Barbara J. Heath
Like Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest offers a significant archaeological view of slave life at the turn of the nineteenth century in rural Virginia. In Hidden Lives, Barbara J. Heath re-creates the daily life of slaves at Jefferson's second home from 1773, the year he inherited the plantation, until 1812, when his reorganization of its landscape resulted in the destruction of a slave quarter.
Drawing on census data, letters, memoranda, and other primary material, Heath describes the slave community's family ties, the agricultural cycle of work, and the sickness and health care they experienced. Her portrait is enhanced by fresh archaeological findings and a wealth of illustrations, including site and contemporary maps, images of slaves at work and at home, artifacts, and interpretive drawings.
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History, Homes and haunts, Slaves, Excavations (Archaeology), Antiquities, Plantation life, Slavery, united states, Slaves, united states, social conditions, Slaves, united states, Virginia, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Virginia, antiquities, Poplar Forest (Va.)People
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Hidden lives: the archaeology of slave life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
1999, University Press of Virginia
in English
0813918677 9780813918679
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76) and index.
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