Date/Time
8/15/2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Eastern
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Eastern
Sponsors
Event Description
The Jeffersons at Shadwell (Yale 2010) uses material culture to explore the social history of this late colonial Virginia plantation that was home to Jane and Peter Jefferson, their eight children (including Thomas), and an enslaved workforce of about sixty African-Americans. Archaeological excavations at Shadwell revealed new ways to understand how powerful families maintained social, business, and family connections across Virginia, from the Virginia-North Carolina dividing line to the Northern Neck. Additionally, it revealed a network of enslaved families connected among plantations across generations. Research at Shadwell recasts Virginia's "frontier" history and the early years of Thomas Jefferson.
Susan Kern is Associate Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. She directed field excavations at Shadwell as part of Monticello's efforts to understand Jefferson's boyhood home. Her book, The Jeffersons at Shadwell (Yale 2010), details archaeological evidence that reveals how the Jeffersons and the people they enslaved established families and maintained connections across colonial Virginia.
Susan Kern is Associate Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. She directed field excavations at Shadwell as part of Monticello's efforts to understand Jefferson's boyhood home. Her book, The Jeffersons at Shadwell (Yale 2010), details archaeological evidence that reveals how the Jeffersons and the people they enslaved established families and maintained connections across colonial Virginia.
Location
Contact Person
Paula Stallard
(phone: 8044382447)
(phone: 8044382447)
Details
Tickets: $25 or three-speaker series for $65.
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