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Chronicle: Digging for Slaves, 1989, 1992

 Item — Carton: 28

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Organized alphabetically.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989, 1992

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions. The Grass Roots collection is open and available for use.

Extent

From the Collection: 15.0 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Materials Specific Details

VHS 50 minutes: "Written and produced by Jonathan Dent. Provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, whose slave holdings seem so irreconcilable with his expressed views on human freedom; and at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently neglected to show the lives of the slaves, who made up over half the town's population." Description from WorldCat.

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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