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Memoirs of a Monticello Slave--dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840's by Isaac, one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves
By Isaac Jefferson
Contents
Foreword
Isaac Jefferson's Memoirs
Notes
Biographical Data concerning Isaac
Biographical Data concerning Campbell
Excerpt from Chapter I
Isaac Jefferson was born at Monticello: his mother was named Usler but nicknamed Queen, because her husband was named George and commonly called King George. She was pastry-cook and washerwoman: stayed in the laundry. Isaac toated wood for her: made fire and so on. Mrs. Jefferson would come out there with a cookery book in her hand and read out of it to Isaac's mother how to make cakes, tarts and so on.
Mrs. Jefferson was named Patsy Wayles, but when Mr. Jefferson married her she was the widow Skelton, widow of Batter Skelton. Isaac was one year's child with Patsy Jefferson: she was suckled part of the time by Isaac's mother. Patsy married Thomas Mann Randolph. Mr. Jefferson bought Isaac's mother from Col. William Fleming of Goochland. Isaac remembers John Nelson, an Englishman at work at Monticello: he was an inside worker, a finisher. The blacksmith was Billy Ore; the carriage-maker Davy Watson: he worked also for Colonel Carter of Blenheim, eight miles from Monticello. Monticello-house was pulled down in part and built up again some six or seven times. One time it was struck by lightning. It had a Franklin rod at one end. Old Master used to say, "If it hadn't been for that Franklin the whole house would have gone." They was forty years at work upon that house before Mr. Jefferson...
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Memoirs Of A Monticello Slave-As Dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840's by Issac, one of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves

MEMOIRS of a MONTICELLO SLAVE As Dictated to Charles Campbell In the 1840 s by Isaac, one of Thomas Jeffersons Slaves UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS CHARLOTTESVTLLE. VIRGINIA COPYRIGHT 1951 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VOLUME IS ONE OF A SERIES PUBLISHED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TRACY W. McGREGOR LIBRARY In the 1840 8 FOREWORD The reminiscences printed here were taken down in the 1840 8 by Charles C mp bell, the Virginia historian, from the verlSal account of a slave who had lived at Monti cello from 1775 until two years before Jef fersoris death. They were first printed in 1951 in a scholarly edition with introduc tion and notes by Dr. Rayford W. Log ri which was sold out within a year of its first issue. The present popular edition is intended to meet the growing demand for this classic. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 3 Isaac Jeffersons Memoirs 7 Notes 54 Biographical Data concerning Isaac . . 63 Biographical Data concerning Campbell 67 Note on the Illustrations 69 Bibliographical Note 73 Index 77 Colophon 87 ILLUSTRATIONS For acknowledgments and details concern ing the illustrations, see pages 69-72. Isaac Jefferson frontispiece Jeffersons Life Mask . . . facing 16 Jeffersons Polygraph . . . facing 27 Linn Engraving of Jefferson . facing 41 Monticello facing 50 CHAPTER i ISAAC JEFFERSONwasbornat Monticello his mother was named Usler 1 but nicknamed Queen, because her husband was named George and com monly called King George. She was pastry cook and washerwoman stayed in the laundry. Isaac toated wood for her made fire and so on. Mrs. Jefferson would come out there with a cookery book in her hand and read out of it to Isaacs mother how to make cakes, tarts and so on. Mrs. Jefferson was namedPatsy Wayles, 8 but when Mr. Jefferson married her she was the widow Skelton, widow of Batter 3 Skelton. Isaac was one years child with Patsy Jeffer son she was suckled part of the time by Isaacs mother. Patsy married Thomas Mann Randolph. 4 Mr. Jefferson bought Isaacs mother from Col. William Fleming of Goochland. Isaac remembers John Nelson, an Englishman at work at Monticello he was an inside worker, a finisher. The black smith was Billy Ore 5 the carriage-maker Davy Watson he worked also for Colonel Carter of Blenheim, eight miles from Monti cello. Monticello-house was pulled down in part and built up again some six or seven times. One time it was struck by lightning. It had a Franklin rod at one end. Old Master used to say, If it hadnt been for that Franklin the whole house would have gone. They was forty years at work upon that house before Mr. Jefferson stopped building. 8 CHAPTER 2 ML. JEFFERSON came down to illiamsburg in a phaeton made y Davy Watson. Billy Ore did the iron-work. 6 That phaeton was sent to Lon don and the springs c was gilded. This was when Mr. Jefferson was in Paris. Isaac re members coming down to Williamsburg in a wagon at the time Mr. Jefferson was Gover nor. He came down in the phaeton his family with him in a coach and four. Bob Hemings drove the phaeton Jim Hemings was a body-servant Martin Hemings the butler. These three were brothers 7 Mary Hemings and Sally, their Sisters. Jim and Bob bright mulattoes Martin, darker. Jim and Martin rode on horseback. Bob went