and hererokee jeminson dog. a lot of people say, the portraiture at this time was not very good or impressive. details,look at the they are not trying to showcase the person as much as the wealth of the family in showing the flowers and tassels. there is more detail in the lace then in her face. it is about what the family had. library,minson family it is restored back to its 1862 of parents. -graining. this empire box sofa is on display as well as these two bookcases that were built for the house. books and education are a item in the 19th century. to have leather bound greek classics is very important to showcase for the wealthy class. farms.rich from he can make it on farming, but he is wealthy from business interests. he had a mill in mississippi and is turning out decorative houses. to go onto he is building structures on campus, working for the state doing different projects. he has people who work on these structures. he makes money off of them, the roads and of the toll bridges. he is in partnership with

jeminson is worth a lot of money on paper, but is liquid asset were in confederate stocks and bonds whichere worthless. his highest value before the war was in owning people, and he no longer owned people. he delivered a speech at one of his plantations. he wrote it down so we have a fascinating document. the founding era of what would become sharecropping. you are free, i'm not denying that. here is what we can do. there is still work to be done. there's really go back to him being a businessman. you may be free, and i have accepted this, but there is work to be done and if you want to be a part of it there is a place for you. this is very interesting, he says right now everybody needs to make that decision. if you are back to leave i would like for you to go now. you cannot come back. it are and going, the system won't work. he is asking people to make tough choices. if you stay, this is what we are going to do. you can farm this percentage for yourself and this percentage for me. i will buy all of the provisions and we will split the profits. you have the beginnings of sharecropping. i

it was built between 1859 and 1862 by robert jeminson jr. we're looking at a way to showcase his wealth and the wealth of the region. he wanted to showcase that alabama was not a backwater. he was trying to move the state forward. all the different kinds of wood .ork comes from alabama it is an incredible show of the resources. designed by a