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Author Kern, Susan (Susan A.)

Title The Jeffersons at Shadwell [electronic resource] / Susan Kern.

Imprint London ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

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Description xi, 362 p. : ill., maps.
Series 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 (p. 289-344) 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780300153903
9780300155709 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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