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Those who labor for my happiness : slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello / Lucia Stanton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanton, Lucia C.
- Series:
- Jeffersonian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with slaves.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Hemings, Sally.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Plantation life--Virginia--Albemarle County--History.
- Plantation life.
- Enslaved persons--Virginia--Albemarle County--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- African American families.
- History.
- Families.
- Relations with slaves.
- Monticello (Va.)--History.
- Monticello (Va.).
- Hemings, Sally--Family.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Family.
- African American families--Virginia--Albemarle County--History.
- Virginia--Albemarle County.
- Virginia--Monticello.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view of Monticello as a working plantation, the success of which was made possible by the work of slaves. At the center of this transition has been the work of Lucia "Cinder" Stanton, recognized as the leading interpreter of Jefferson's life as a planter and master and of the lives of his slaves and their descendants. This volume represents the first attempt to pull together Stanton's most important writings on slavery at Monticello and beyond.
- Stanton's pioneering work deepened our understanding of Jefferson without demonizing him. But perhaps even more important is the light her writings has shed on the lives of the slaves at Monticello. Her detailed reconstruction for modern readers of slaves' lives vividly reveals their active roles in the creation of Monticello and a dynamic community previously unimagined. The essays collected here address a rich variety of topics, from family histories (including the Hemingses) to the temporary slave community at Jefferson's White House to stories of former slaves' lives after Monticello. Each piece is characterized by Stanton's deep knowledge of her subject and by her determination to do justice to both Jefferson and his slaves. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- I Jefferson and Slavery
- "Those Who Labor for My Happiness": Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves 3
- Looking for Liberty: Thomas Jefferson and the British Lions 27
- "A Well-Ordered Household": Domestic Servants in Jefferson's White House 41
- Jefferson's People: Slavery at Monticello 56
- Perfecting Slavery: Rational Plantation Management at Monticello 71
- II Families in Slavery
- The Other End of the Telescope: Jefferson through the Eyes of His Slaves 93
- Free Some Day: The African American Families of Monticello 215
- III Families in Freedom
- Monticello to Main Street: The Hemings Family and Charlottesville 215
- Bonds of Memory: Identity and the Hemings Family / Lucia Stanton Stanton, Lucia, Dianne Swann-Wright Swann-Wright, Dianne 232
- "We Will Prove Ourselves Men": Hemings Descendants in the Civil War 251
- Fulfilling the Declaration: Descendants of Monticello's African American Families 281.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813932238
- 9780813932231
- 9780813932224
- 081393222X
- OCLC:
- 752471539
- Publisher Number:
- 99947755911
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