Jefferson's Poplar Forest

Adds to our understanding of the complex and often-fluid relationships between master and slave, as well as master and landscape."" - Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

""Cutting edge. . . . Produce[s] a much clearer picture of what life at an important Virginia plantation was like in the early years of the republic."" - American Archaeology

""Although Poplar Forest is best known for its association with Jefferson, this volume provides new insights into the daily lives of the slaves who labored on his behalf."" - Southeastern Archaeology

""[The] reader is left eager to embark on his or her own journey to inquire more about the rich topics surrounding Thomas Jefferson's post-presidency life, American formal gardens, plantation archaeology, historical ecology, and slave life in the Middle Atlantic region."" - Historical Archaeology

""The everyday, seemingly unremarkable artifacts of life as it was lived at Poplar Forest provide perhaps some of the most powerful evidence for a new kind of understanding of the third president and, to some extent, late 18th and early 19th century plantation life. . . . A book that truly does discover ‘something new' about Jefferson by placing him in the kind of context his writings do not always do."" - Northeast Historical Archaeology  

""Tell[s] how multiple archaeological digs have unearthed details about the lives of Jefferson, subsequent owners and their families - and the slaves who worked on the plantation and their descendants."" - Richmond Times-Dispatch