Virginians at Home: Family Life in the Eighteenth Century

by Edmund S. Morgan

Book Overview

Virginians At Home: Family Life In The Eighteenth Century is a historical book written by Edmund Sears Morgan. The book explores the lives of families living in Virginia during the 18th century. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910412529
• ISBN13: 9780910412520
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

great introduction to colonial life

This brief overview of colonial life in Virginia is both entertaining and instructional. Professor Morgan draws on numerous diary entries, letters and newspaper accounts to illustrate life in Virginia. Although most of the text is in regard to families living on plantations, there is plenty of information pertaining to farmers and townspeople as well as indentured servants and slaves. Chapters include: 1) Growing Up; 2) Getting Married; 3) Servants and Slaves; and 4) Houses and Holidays.