Hidden Lives - The Archaeology of Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

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. Hidden Lives recreates the daily lives of slaves at Jefferson's second home from 1773 until 1812.

Summary

This text recreates the daily life of slaves at Poplar Forest, Jefferson's second home. It explores the relationships within the plantation and the resulting choices, compromises and limitations that slaves negotiated in the process of making a home in the confines of institutionalized slavery.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara J. Heath
• Publisher: University Press of Virginia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780813918679
• ISBN: 978-0-8139-1867-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 280 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 259 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories