Understanding Skilled Domestic Service at Monticello: Ladies’ Maids, Butlers and Chefs

November 17, 2008

What & When
On Nov. 20 at 7 p.m., the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College will present a lecture by Dr. Leni Sorensen, African-American research historian at Monticello. Sorensen’s lecture, “Understanding Skilled Domestic Service at Monticello,” will discuss new research about the enslaved people who maintained the plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson.

Where
Theater, Woodbridge Campus, Northern Virginia Community College, 15200 Neabsco Mills Road, Woodbridge, VA 22191

Cost
Free and open to the public

Contact
Dan Lewis, 703-878-5716

Background
Funded by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the lecture is part of a special public history program that will examine Virginia’s history of slavery with emphasis on Prince William County. Several community organizations, including Rippon Lodge and Leesylvania State Park, have joined NOVA’s Woodbridge Campus in developing a program that showcases the rich history of the county’s black population. Additional events will take place during 2009. Contact Dan Lewis for more information.

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Northern Virginia Community College is the largest institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of America’s largest community colleges. NOVA enrolls more than 60,000 students at its six campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge, and through the Extended Learning Institute. For more information about NOVA and its programs or services, call 703-323-3000 or visit the College’s Web site, www.nvcc.edu.