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The Jeffersons at Shadwell

by Kern, Susan
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Lamar series in western history Published by : Yale University Press, (London ; | New Haven :) Physical details: xi, 362 p. : ill., maps.
Subject(s): 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.
Year: 2010
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-College of William and Mary).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-344) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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