Episode 16: Disciplinarians

Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History

Cornelia Jefferson Randolph to Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist, 11 Aug. 1833 In which Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter Cornelia Jefferson Randolph describes the beating of an enslaved woman in the basement of their Washington, D.C. home. Further Reading: Read along with the text of this letter here: https://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/1241 They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/they-were-her-property-stephanie-e-jones-rogers/1129229955 More about Melinda and John Freeman: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0223 Martha Jefferson Randolph on Willie: https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/charles-lewis-bankhead#footnote5_tw1n2ty "for my part I have lived so long among slaves that though I disapprove of the system as much as any one can do, I have quite an affection for them & like to be served by them." https://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/1219