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Archaeologists Went Digging in a Colonial Garden—and Learned Quite a Bit About the Enslaved Population
That status symbol discovered beneath the soil of the Colonial Williamsburg living history museum? An ornamental garden once owned by John Custis IV, a powerful political figure and plantation owner.
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Archaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners
They were the 18th-century equivalent of buying a Lamborghini. The garden in Williamsburg belonged to John Custis IV, a tobacco plantation owner who served in Virginia’s colonial legislature. He is ...
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Colonial Williamsburg: The World's Largest Living History Museum
Williamsburg, Virginia, was the capital of the Virginia Colony ... and opportunities to interact with animals at Great Hopes Plantation. Can I walk around the historic area for free? You can explore ...