The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: Slave Quarters
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Historian John Michael Vlach looks at the architecture of the 1840s slave quarters at Hampton National Historic Site.
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The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: Farm Quarters
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Historian John Michael Vlach very briefly introduces the overseer's house and slave quarters at Hampton National Historic Site.
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The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: The Stables
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Historian John Michael Vlach looks at the stables at Hampton National Historic Site. He talks about the work slaves did in these stables, including as stablehands and jockeys, during the antebellum period.
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The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: Power and Resistance on the Plantation
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Historian John Michael Vlach briefly reflects on how slaves constructed communities for themselves independent of their masters' lives at estates such as Hampton National Historic Site.
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The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: Life on the Margins
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Historian John Michael Vlach speculates very briefly on what slave quarters removed from the main estate at Hampton National Historic site may have looked like.
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The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: Fashion and Function
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Historian John Michael Vlach compares the grounds of the main estate at Hampton National Historic Site and the slave quarters and working areas of the same estate. He points out what the differences in organization and aesthetic emphasis indicate about the division of society on the estate.
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The Cultural Landscape of Slavery: The Mansion
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Historian John Michael Vlach very quickly reviews the architecture of the Hampton Estate in Towson, MD. Built in 1745, the estate's owners worked in various industries and farming ventures, and owned many slaves.
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First Ladies: At the White House
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This A&E clip traces First Ladies' roles in shaping the White House, both architecturally and through decoration and restoration.
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Boston Foundation for Architecture [MA]
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"The Boston Foundation for Architecture was created by the Boston Society of Architects in 1984 to support public education programs in Massachusetts related to the built environment. Over the years, the BFA has supported film and video productions, community-based programs, exhibitions and tours, in-school educational programs, research projects, conferences, lectures, symposiums, and other community activities." In the last year alone, the BFA distributed over $800,000 in grants to public and private-sector groups, many of which went to essential public services such as Boston-area public schools and libraries.
The site offers a history of all past grants, information regarding grant application, and links to local architectural organizations and resources.
The foundation offers financial support for educational ventures. It does not offer a physical site for visitation.
African-American Life in Colonial Monticello: The House
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Dianne Swann-Wright, Director of African-American and Special Programs at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, discusses the contributions of slaves in creating Monticello—both in clearing the land and establishing the house itself and in crafting furniture and other pieces to finish the house.
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