https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/about daily 0.75 2022-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/2d4c9fe3-6397-4fa3-8689-f71b09aea50c/Virginia+Humanities About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/uncovered-stories daily 0.75 2023-07-21 https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/support-the-community daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/artist-feature-dennis-winston daily 0.75 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631537742100-UF24UPRURWHQJ37D9J3N/IMG_0270.JPG Artist Feature: Dennis Winston - Artist Feature: Dennis Winston Dennis R. Winston is a Virginia artist and educator. Click here to learn more about Dennis Winston's process and work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631537777624-KIEAHYBEBSP77PA1TGFI/IMG_0166.JPG Artist Feature: Dennis Winston - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631537812726-YQ2FT9QDQW21D7XY695F/IMG_0269.JPG Artist Feature: Dennis Winston - Artist Statement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631537866489-LDY6JJCENU29EEZU2L05/IMG_0173.JPG Artist Feature: Dennis Winston - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/cover daily 0.75 2021-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1623966331494-GX5V8TZIPZWR1YSN6K7F/Logo+File+Lockup.png Cover - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/buckle-1 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1626829939297-JI6DTT6BJ4N6Z9S1T3TK/Wilton_House_Artifacts-24.png Buckle 1 - Buckle English, Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/test-3d-lightbox daily 0.75 2021-07-09 https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v1-button-fragments-2 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628782378459-HSUQ6JI6TXJAD1Z2DE83/Button-Covers-Group-2.png V1 // Button Fragments 2 - Button Cover Fragments Virginian Copper, lead, zinc https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/narrow-hoe daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628778319043-F6SJPSHWJPFU7XI9EZ5O/Wilton_House_Artifacts-Hoe_Blade1.png Narrow Hoe - Narrow Hoe Blade Virginian Iron alloy This is a grubbing or hilling hoe, designed for groundbreaking and creating hilled mounds. This type of hoe would have seen heavy use at the beginning of the growing season. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v1-pipe-fragments-3 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628780197030-C67TCOC1PV5AW3C1ZPQW/Pipe+Fragments3.png V1 // Pipe Fragments 3 - Pipe Fragments English Ceramic This collection of pipe fragments may not look like much, but they demonstrate the relationship that Wilton’s residents had with the global trade economy. White clay pipe bowls and stems originated in England and purchased by both white and Black Virginians from local merchants. Red pipe bowls made from local clay may have been fired on site or purchased from nearby sellers. Investigations of consumption patterns in the Tidewater region reveal enslaved people as active members of the local economy, maintaining store accounts and making purchases with both cash and credit. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v1-button-fragments-1 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628782178354-JFXF4C0KK255NSD6Z9UI/Button-Covers-square.png V1 // Button Fragments 1 - Button Back Fragments Virginian Copper, silver, lead, tin https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v1-pipe-fragments-1 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628780100296-XJR8Z4X04FE15UBAJ7FB/Pipe+Fragments+1.png Pipe Fragments - Pipe Fragments English Ceramic This collection of pipe fragments may not look like much, but they demonstrate the relationship that Wilton’s residents had with the global trade economy. White clay pipe bowls and stems originated in England and purchased by both white and Black Virginians from local merchants. Red pipe bowls made from local clay may have been fired on site or purchased from nearby sellers. Investigations of consumption patterns in the Tidewater region reveal enslaved people as active members of the local economy, maintaining store accounts and making purchases with both cash and credit. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v1-pipe-fragments-2 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628780161895-RVP6IGDUBUHB5XSHBT6X/Pipe+Fragments2.png V1 // Pipe Fragments 2 - Pipe Fragments English Ceramic This collection of pipe fragments may not look like much, but they demonstrate the relationship that Wilton’s residents had with the global trade economy. White clay pipe bowls and stems originated in England and purchased by both white and Black Virginians from local merchants. Red pipe bowls made from local clay may have been fired on site or purchased from nearby sellers. Investigations of consumption patterns in the Tidewater region reveal enslaved people as active members of the local economy, maintaining store accounts and making purchases with both cash and credit. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/broad-hoe daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628777517778-74REB1KVMHT20NUBLUQ8/Wilton_House_Artifacts-Hoe_Blade2.png Broad Hoe Blade - Broad Hoe Blade Virginian Iron alloy This is a weeding hoe, designed for clearing weeds and chopping through roots. This heavier style of hoe would have been used frequently throughout the growing season. Tobacco farming was a labor-intensive process that required nearly year-round attention. Seeds were planted in warm beds of mounded earth early in the year and seedlings were transplanted to the fields by early spring. Tobacco plants needed constant attention in the form of pruning and pest maintenance until the fall when the leaves were stripped and cured in airy barns. Packed into barrels called hogsheads and shipped in early spring, the finished tobacco product was sold just as a new crop was moving into the fields. Overreliance on tobacco throughout fluctuating prices and seasons of poor crop performance lead to enormous debts among the planter class; debts that some enslavers, like those at Wilton, chose to pay at the expense of the lives of those they enslaved. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/buckle-2 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628779821416-OOLX18LWJR7M7539PBWB/Buckle2.png Buckle 2 - Buckle English, Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/buckle-3 daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1628779858026-ZCIOYZZ2YAQ1XCQXZ2I7/Buckle3.png Buckle 3 - Buckle English, Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-key daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629291430940-U9M1SWTEKYORLY2VWG3I/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_1.png V4 // Key - Key Virginian Iron alloy Excavation at the Landing Quarters uncovered three architectural locks, two padlocks, and three keys. Artifacts like locks and keys raise important questions about access, ownership, and privacy. Valued items and possessions like those uncovered at Wilton could serve as both keepsakes and examples of portable wealth worth protecting. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-pressing-iron daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629291596075-SUZZXAOQCSS2HQE7YZ2U/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_3.png V4 // Pressing Iron - Key Virginian Iron alloy Documentation from Wilton gives us a few clues about the domestic life and duties at the Landing Quarters. One 19th century account book records purchases of, “oznaburgs,” or coarse, plain-weave fabric sometimes marketed as slave cloth. Families at Wilton would have been expected to sew their own clothing out of osnaburg or other grades of fabric that they had purchased themselves. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v3-stirrup daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629290649133-6TWC3ZXL65SUSRXE0YC1/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V3_4.png V3 // Stirrup - Stirrup Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v3-horseshoe daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629290580172-HG8USLEW5NGD0C9CPXBJ/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V3_3.png V3 // Horseshoe - Horse Shoe Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v3-nails daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629290706694-8I5Q2QXQSE72APYGIU8L/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V3_6.png V3 // Nails - Nails Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v3-horse-bit-2 daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629290462438-H6A3I987PLPF2LPF0SGL/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V3_2.png V3 // Horse Bit 2 - Bridle Bits Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v3-horse-bit-1 daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629290328949-3JCDBKBCAPD4AGYQL4P1/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V3_1.png V3 // Horse Bit 1 - Bridle Bits Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-flint-debitage daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629765306447-3Y2Q4WPS8FRN2T4N3SQT/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_6.png V4 // Flint Debitage - Flint Fragments Stone https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-thimble daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629764666255-L89GM8BIAWQUD7YY1ZLT/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_2.png V4 // Thimble - Thimble Virginian Copper, zinc, lead https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2021-10-07 https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-chamberpot daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629764782855-C8EXCOVY9OUYPS9M7EVJ/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_5.png V4 // Chamberpot - Chamber Pot English Tin-enameled earthenware https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-lead-shot daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629765364428-IRLP7Z8RJA9QG13HRZS4/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_7.png V4 // Lead Shot - Lead Shot Lead alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-chamberpot-fragment daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1629764633012-CTVL07UP76Y6LHTXTFSV/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V4_4.png V4 // Chamberpot Fragment - Chamber Pot Fragment English Tin-enameled earthenware This beautifully decorated chamber pot has a related counterpart in the collection of artifacts recovered from the mansion's refuse pits. Both are decorated with flower motifs, but with distinct designs. https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-creamware-plate-fragment-with-a-molded-royal-rim daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631030617772-G3EIEKDO6FPYK922XTC1/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_8.png V4 // Creamware Plate Fragment with a Molded Royal Rim - Creamware Plate Fragment with a Molded Royal Rim English Earthenware https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-hard-paste-porcelain-fragments daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631032336765-R1TRNZYZKA4SDL9HSISZ/2-Hard-Paste+Porcelain+Fragments.png V4 // Hard-Paste Porcelain Fragments - Hard-Paste Porcelain Fragments Chinese Ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-oyster-shells daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631023967899-64JLID1S7P3Y5ZIGSJCP/Oyster+Shells V4 // Oyster Shells - Oyster Shells Crassostrea virginica https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-creamware-bowl daily 0.75 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1630507884549-4V34J0TJ5KNXOC7X6YCF/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_16.png V4 // Creamware Bowl - Creamware Bowl English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-knife-blades daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631026953561-HU1F892AWN1C22O4N4IH/11-Knife+Blades+lightbox.png V4 // Knife Blades - Knife Blade Virginian or English Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-creamware-tea-bowl-fragment-with-a-glazed-floral-motif daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631032205717-W59T4PBE7U9UYB0TQZHD/6-Creamware+tea+bowl+fragment+with+a+glazed+floral+motif.png V4 // Creamware Tea Bowl Fragment with a Glazed Floral Motif - Creamware Tea Bowl Fragment with a Glazed Floral Motif English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-soft-paste-porcelain-fragments daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631032441614-DPSKU862MEOZ5SJJXVRY/1-Soft-Paste+Porcelain+Fragments.png V4 // Soft-Paste Porcelain Fragments - Soft-Paste Porcelain Fragments English Ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-chinoiserie-cup-fragment daily 0.75 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1630507884549-4V34J0TJ5KNXOC7X6YCF/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_16.png V4 // Chinoiserie Cup Fragment - Creamware Bowl English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-wine-glass-stems daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631030409060-QPLV0JOPP44MDHS9TZAA/10-Wine+Glass+Stems.png V4 // Wine Glass Stems - Wine Glass Stems English Glass https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-pearlware-plate daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631034135976-I39TMIV4LRC9ZK08CPAX/4-Porcelain+Bowl.png V4 // Pearlware Plate - Pearlware Plate English Earthenware https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-forks daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631026816868-0RUWZWKQLT6DM068IJ1E/12-Forks-lightbox.png V4 // Forks - Fork Virginian or English Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-wine-bottles daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631045519069-SBA5DL6GANAMR9YFDAR9/winebottles.png V4 // Wine Bottles - Wine Bottles English Glass https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-porcelain-bowl-2 daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1630507884549-4V34J0TJ5KNXOC7X6YCF/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_16.png V4 // Porcelain Bowl 2 - Creamware Bowl English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-softpaste-porcelain-plate daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631033171686-QXIVCLJB824MKD0V6AKH/13-14-15.png V4 // Soft-Paste Porcelain Plate - Soft-Paste Porcelain Plate (1) English Ceramic Pearlware Plate (2) English Earthenware ceramic Porcelain Bowl (3) Chinese Ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-tea-bowl-fragment daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631032798567-35WA4RTUSDP5OA7XKFIG/7-Tea+Bowl+Fragment.png V4 // Tea Bowl Fragment - Tea Bowl Fragment English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-porcelain-bowl daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631034183278-UNDV5JQ7ZDOAGYPN98PH/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_12.png V4 // Porcelain Bowl - Porcelain Bowl Chinese Ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-pearlware-plate-2 daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1630507884549-4V34J0TJ5KNXOC7X6YCF/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_16.png V4 // Pearlware Plate 2 - Creamware Bowl English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-creamware-plate-with-a-molded-featheredge-rim daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631025451474-RQJPIG5R1S2DE8YEKCEE/22-Creamware+Plate+with+a+Molded+Feather-edge+Rim.png V4 // Creamware Plate with a Molded Feather-edge Rim - Creamware Plate with a Molded Feather-edge Rim English Earthenware ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-porcelain-tureen-with-lid daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631026376343-7OHDGTJOW0P4T2A0JC3W/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_9.png V4 // Porcelain Tureen with Lid - Porcelain Tureen with Lid c. 1750–1755 Chinese Ceramic Courtesy of the Reeves Collection, Washington & Lee University https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-knife-blades-2 daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631027270797-PPQ2VJGNXXV5OVGFJOPY/11-Knife+Blades+Lightbox-2.png V4 // Knife Blades 2 - Knife Blade Virginian or English Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-bowl-fragments daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631033608598-T3PGOQR5NPOFIFYHYQSS/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_7+copy.png V4 // Bowl Fragments - Creamware Tea Bowl Fragment with a Glazed Floral Motif (1) English Earthenware ceramic Hard-Paste Porcelain Fragments (2) Chinese Ceramic Tea Bowl Fragment (3) English Earthenware ceramic Soft-Paste Porcelain Fragment (4) English Ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-air-twist-wine-glass-stem daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631032557249-6KH2P05XFILBOBE4ZXIW/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_4.png V4 // Air Twist Wine Glass Stem - Air Twist Wine Glass Stem English Glass https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-porcelain-tureen-fragment daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631032490288-E71YP26HPE1ANRASFVBW/Wilton_House_Artifacts_V5_5.png V4 // Porcelain Tureen Fragment - Porcelain Tureen Fragment Chinese Ceramic https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v4-forks-2 daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631042910330-6G5HAFVSZ362I0XUB8H9/Fork2.png V4 // Forks 2 - Fork Virginian or English Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/v1-marbles daily 0.75 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1626829939297-JI6DTT6BJ4N6Z9S1T3TK/Wilton_House_Artifacts-24.png Marbles - Buckle English, Virginian Iron alloy https://www.wiltonuncovered.org/the-exhibition daily 1.0 2022-02-16 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Unlike their more durable cousins, umbrellas, parasols provided shade from the sun. While parasols could be an important status symbol to free Black women, this example may have been used to shade white guests or members of the slaveholding household. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1633634497909-DWCN2RZQSZMEERWKO7GC/Long-Dorcas-Feature+-+right+align.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1626265668895-5ZSNDB1XMDAO2IBTGSMY/rotated-sickle-feature-compressed.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Sickle Virginian Iron alloy The shift from tobacco to wheat as a primary crop in Virginia was a gradual process over several decades. By the 1790s, large scale tobacco production had all but ceased in Tidewater Virginia. Wheat required little attention from sowing time to harvest time with far less preparation than tobacco. Fields were hoed or plowed, and then formed into ridges and furrows about four to seven feet apart. Wheat seeds were then often hand-sewn on the ridges. The spacing of the wheat meant that Virginian plots normally produced one half to one bushel of wheat per acre. Harvesting wheat with a sickle, like at Wilton, was called, “reaping,” and took approximately fifteen days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1626265853627-GM1VX8M5NDVJHBDS80BT/makers-mark-min.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - A maker’s mark was found when this sickle was X-rayed during conservation, possibly representing a combined “I” and “E” or a combined “J” and “E.” This mark is so far unidentified. Its lack of a known match in recorded English maker’s marks suggest that it may have been locally made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1631547952698-EAYMS5GLL2FMQBJ8MTOZ/Ledger The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Life at Wilton was never secure for those living within the system of slavery. Financial records from the plantation are scarce, but an 1815–1821 account book can give us clues about how the Randolphs utilized sale as a threat and as a punishment. In December of 1820, a man named Nick was “sold for bad conduct.” His fate is unknown, as are those of Dorcas and Ian, whose jail expenses were paid in 1818 and 1820, respectively. The Wilton Randolphs paid Richmond jailers to hold enslaved people they intended to sell, a thriving industry in Richmond’s Shockhoe Bottom district. While Lumpkins jail was one of the most notorious, it was just one of a larger network of jailers, traders, and speculators operating out of the state’s capitol. Richmond, Virginia was one of the largest slave-trading centers in the United States. Exactly how many people were trafficked through Shockhoe is unknown, but at least 300,000 people were transported within one thirty-year period. By the 1830s, Virginia’s largest export was human property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1624039920452-GGW1ZLT977JZ03ERFCE9/marbles-side-min.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Marbles Virginian, European Stone, Ceramic These marbles, made of both stone and ceramic, give us a rare glimpse into Black childhood at Wilton. Many children born into slavery had no playthings other than marbles, or what they could create at home. Marbles recovered from enslaved contexts in Virginia range from stone to porcelain to glass to clay. While clay marbles could be made at Wilton, many commercially produced marbles were imported from Germany. Playfulness may have blurred the lines between the Black children and white children of Wilton during these games, but time would soon harden the social divisions and inherent legal inequalities between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1624040551412-3A2HW2C0IXDXFI4IHYL7/horseshoe-2.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1633634705654-YLWK1ABESFK1Y249GAHK/Long-Warwick-Feature+right+align.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1633635433286-1P51OHR0BRY9QSTA0TV1/Sub-Floor-Cellar-highlight.jpg The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1627226825498-7SPN0EN4A7YB17KYJU85/Beads+Feature-Compressed.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Beads Twenty-five glass beads were recovered from the Landing Quarters. Many of the beads found are close matches to 17th-century stock commonly found on Seneca Iroquois and Mohawk sites in present day New York. Nearly identical beads have been found on sites of slavery across the Chesapeake region. It remains unclear if the beads found in Tidewater Virginia originate from a shared source or were simply leftover 17th century trade stock, distributed in the Mid-Atlantic colonies at a later date. This widespread distribution across the east coast creates a compelling picture of colonialism in material culture while suggesting a record of trade and inheritance across the East coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b13b7e02d4947283e977cc/1626556807139-V7KLY01K1OE127R4FXPM/wiltonAsset+12x.png The Exhibition: Wilton Uncovered - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.