Explore history at Montpelier and pick your own adventure at Liberty Mills Farm. Orange, Virginia encompasses a journey of discovery through American history.
to use for the conservation and restoration project on both the first floor and the third floor. my museum is trying to raise about $5.5 million to finish doing what gsa or the general services administration doesn t have funding for. to really finish out the place and then of course develop and implement more educational programming, the goal is to re-create the space as if clara and/or her clerks had just left the space for some reason so when you come back, you are coming to the missing soldiers office. and you ll be able to learn about all of those aspects of locating missing soldiers. humanitarian relief work and how clara got involved in it, and how it developed over time to be the extraordinary service that it is today around the world. you can watch this and other american artificate programs at anytime by visiting our website and watch every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. at c-span3. next, join us for programs from our american artifacts series. check out the gil
walter cronkite. madison s montpellier is a trust for historic property located south of the capital in orange, virginia. the 2600 acre estate includes the gilmore cabin, built in the 1870s by one of mr. madison s former slaves. american history tv visiting the restored farm to learn what it was like for an emancipated slave and his family. welcome to the gilmore cabin. friedman s farm here at james madison s montpellier. i m the director of education and visitor engagement. this farm was built in the 1870s after the civil war. if you follow me inside, i ll fall show you around. george gilmore was a slave for james madison. he was born in 1810, according to the family s oral tradition. what happened to george after dolly madison had to sell montpelier, we re not sure. the slaves were broken into three distinct groups at that time. one was sold with the plantation to henry moncure. one group oz slaves was sold outright to other owners all over, and one group of slaves a
the duponts, especially william and annie dupont had actually lived in europe for a number of years before coming back to america where they chose to settle out here in western virginia. so they were coming into a different social atmosphere than what they were accustomed to either in delaware where the family was or, or in europe certainly. and, in the south, things were segregated. they were in the north as well. but not to the same extent. certainly they were not in europe. but because he was living in the south, he had to abide by social customs here, with the segregated set of waiting rooms, for the people who worked on his esta estate, there were segregated kitchens and segregated dining rooms for the laborers, there were segregated housing. and yet when it came to work, he gave people autonomy that was based on their merit. his, his building foreman on the property was mitchell jackson, who was a black man, descended from, one of the slaves at montpellier. another
we ll hear his story and take a tour of the dig. he describes life in the kol any while showing some of the 1.5 million art facts collected at the site. join us beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. located near orange, virginia. in addition to the fourth it includes the gill mother cabin. american history tv visited the restored freedman s farm to learn what life was like for an emancipated slave and his family. welcome to this the gilmore cabin. freedom s farm here at james madison s montpelier. my name is christian cotz. this farm was built in the 1870s after the civil war and if you follow me inside i ll show you around. george cotz was a slave for james madison born in 1810 from the family s oral tradition. what happens to georgia after dolly madison had to sell montpelier we re not sure. the slaves were broken into three distinct groups at that time. one group was sold with the plantation to henry moncure, first group after the madisons, one group of slaves was sold outside