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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 w...

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...

recording devices or new tivo. but when you have an ad, a number of ads like this, 95,000 together, you really get a sense of the depth and breadth of information that's being presented by the candidates. and i think that i'd like visitors to get an appreciation for our collection in that sense. >> stay tuned all weekend long as american history tv features observing city, oklahoma. learn more about c-span's local content vehicles at cspan.org/loc cspan.org/localcontent. next month we feature wichita, kansas. you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. madison's montpelier is ...

former slaves. we visit the historic friedman's farm no learn what life was like for an emancipated slave and his family. >> welcome to gilmore cabin, freedman's farm, my name is christian cotz. this farm was built in the 1870s, after the civil war, if you follow me inside, i'll show you around. george gilmore was a slave for james madison. what happened to george after dolly madison had to sell montpelier, we're really not sure. slaves were broken into three distinct groups at this time. one group sold with the plantation to lenny monceour. one group of slaves was sold outright to...