the history at montpellier is interesting in the dupont era. because of course the duponts were not a southern family. the duponts, especially william and annie dupont had actually lived in europe for a number of years before coming back to america where they chose to settle out here in western virginia. so they were coming into a different social atmosphere than what they were accustomed to either in delaware where the family was or, or in europe certainly. and, in the south, things were segregated. they were in the north as well. but not to the same extent. certainly they were not in europe. but because he was living in the south, he had to abide by social customs here, with the segregated set of waiting rooms, for the people who worked on his esta estate, there were segregated kitchens and segregated dining rooms for the laborers, there were segregated housing. and yet -- when it came to -- work, he gave people autonomy that was based on their merit. his, his building foreman on the property was mitchell jackson, who was a black man, descend

and then we have the reconstruction era history at montpellier. the story of the gilmore family and progress through late 19th century into the 20th century. the train station tells the story of the jim crowe era through the 1960s. at the end of the 20th century, montpellier becomes a museum open to the public. this is the first time, the late 1980s, really the first time, in american history, when both black and white americans can walk through the home of this past president. we, the people, had come to include all americans. this program is one of a series featuring james madison's montpellier. you can view all american history tv programs online at cspan.org/history. spend the weekend in wichita, kansas, where book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern. literary life with book tv on cspan 2. american presidents and black entrepreneurs from business in black and white, and, the founding of beach craft in the barn stormer and the lady. brow watermark west's rare books. and sunday, at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv, experience, t

friedman's farm here at james madison's montpellier. i'm the director of education and visitor engagement. this farm was built in the 1870s after the civil war. if you follow me inside, i'll fall show you around. george gilmore was a slave for james madison. he was born in 1810, according to the family's oral tradition. what happened to george after dolly madison had to sell montpelier, we're not sure. the slaves were broken into three distinct groups at that time. one was sold with the plantation to henry moncure. one group oz slaves was sold outright to other owners all over, and one group of slaves accompanied dolly to washington where she had moved. we believe that george gilmore was among th witmontpelier and on the property after its sale. the next time george gilmore appears in the historical record is in 1870 when he shows up in the united states federal census living right here and on this property. however, we know that this cabin had not been built yet. we know that these trees that made up the cabin weren't cut down until 18

of the united states often referred to as the father of the contusion, owned about 100 slaves at montpellier, his estate in orange county, virginia. american history tv travelled 90 miles south of the nation's capital to learn about an archeological project investigating the enslaved communities of james madison's montpelier. the three year project is jointly funded by the national endowment for the humanities and montpelier foundation. >> my name is matthew reeves, director of archeology, and where we're standing is the area where the house slaves for the madisons lived and worked and what we're in the middle of is an archeological investigation of the area. we first learned about the south yard through an insurance map that is dated to 1837, this is when dolly moves back to washington d.c., takes out an insurance policy on the house, and part of what they need for the insurance policy is a plat showing where all the outbuildings are and we used this plat, it's incredibly important to allow us to indicate the outbuildings in the area. in 1990, we located a chimney base, brick chimney base t