In chapter 3 of The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862), Edmund Bacon, an overseer at Monticello from 1806 until 1822, tells about life at Thomas Jefferson‘s plantation.
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Author: Hamilton W. Pierson
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“Mr. Jefferson’s Servants”; an excerpt from The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862)
In chapter 8 of The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862), Edmund Bacon, an overseer on Thomas Jefferson‘s plantation Monticello from 1806 until 1822, tells about the lives of enslaved African Americans there.
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“Mr. Jefferson’s Blooded Stock”; an excerpt from The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862)
In chapter 4 of The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862), Edmund Bacon, an overseer on Thomas Jefferson‘s plantation Monticello from 1806 until 1822, tells about Jefferson’s love of horses.
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“Mr. Jefferson’s Personal Appearance and Habits”; an excerpt from The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862)
In chapter 6 of The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862), Edmund Bacon, an overseer on Thomas Jefferson‘s plantation Monticello from 1806 until 1822, tells about Jefferson’s dress and hygiene.
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“Mr. Jefferson’s Family”; an excerpt from The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862)
In chapter 7 of The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson by Hamilton W. Pierson (1862), Edmund Bacon, an overseer on Thomas Jefferson‘s plantation Monticello from 1806 until 1822, tells about Jefferson’s family.
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“Statement of Jinny Scott wife of Ed Scott” (June 8, 1865)
In this transcription of her oral testimony, taken by the Freedman’s Bureau, dated June 8, 1865, Jinny Scott recounts the last time she saw her husband, Ed Scott. Three days earlier, on Monday, June 5, two Confederate soldiers attacked her and husband on Main Street in Richmond. She fled the scene, leaving her husband, still in the midst of the altercation.
