This report conveys the results of research conducted for the Ash Lawn-Highland Museum and the Institute for Public History of the University of Virginia in 1998. The author is an anthropologist and lawyer, with research interests in historical archaeology, American history, and African diaspora studies. The results of this research project are presented here for the use of those interested in the history of James Monroe and the many African Americans who lived and worked on his plantations as enslaved laborers. |