Life At Jefferson's Monticello, As His Slaves Saw It

[elleng]

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/11/148305319/life-at-jeffersons-monticello-as-his-slaves-saw-it

[SunSeeker]

1. "...Men, women and children who, in fact, made Jefferson's life possible ."

Great article. Life was so brutal back then, everything was so labor intensive. I remember touring Monticello and being told how hard life was and what an ordeal it was just to have a hot bath. But little was said of the slaves. Yet it was they who kept Monticello livable. They heated the water for Jefferson's baths, maintained his fish pond, swept , washed, farmed and in essence did everything for him but lift his pen to paper.

[ReRe]

2. K&R

I will gladly kick and rec this OP. Thank you elleng. I love history. The farther back the better.

[elleng]

3. Thanks, ReRe.

DU needed some history info, after a long and largely unpleasant thread on the subject of slavery yesterday.

[ReRe]

4. I missed that one...

... but I heard about it in other GD threads. Never seen a link to it, so I just felt like it was a blessing in disguise. Must have been allot of hot air, because so few found this excellent OP and commented on it.

[elleng]

5. LUCKY you missed it!

and its still growing! LOTS of finger wagging. I'm NOT adding to it.