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Author Kern, Susan (Susan A.)

Title The Jeffersons at Shadwell / Susan Kern.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  973.46 KER    Check Shelf
Description xi, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Series The Lamar series in western history
Lamar series in western history.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-College of William and Mary).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject 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.
ISBN 9780300153903 clothbound alkaline paper
0300153902 clothbound alkaline paper
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