The Jeffersons at Shadwell /

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Merging archaeology, material culture, and social history, historian Susan Kern reveals the fascinating story of Shadwell, the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson and home to his parents, Jane and Peter Jefferson, their eight children, and over sixty slaves. Located in present-day Albemarle County, Virgi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kern, Susan (Susan A.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Lamar series in western history.
Temas:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Childhood and youth.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Birthplace.
Jefferson, Peter, > 1708-1757.
Jefferson, Jane, > 1720-1776.
Jefferson, Jane, > 1720-1776
Jefferson, Peter, > 1708-1757
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826
1700-1799
Plantation life > Virginia > Albemarle County > History > 18th century.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Virginia > Albemarle County.
Vie dans les plantations > Virginie > Albemarle > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Virginie > Albemarle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Childhood and youth of a person
Antiquities
Birthplaces
Excavations (Archaeology)
Plantation life
Shadwell (Va. : Plantation)
Albemarle County (Va.) > Antiquities.
Virginia > Albemarle County
Virginia > Shadwell (Plantation)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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