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1	Land, Labor, and Reform: Hill Carter, Slavery, and Agricultural Improvement at Shirley Plantation, 1816-1866 Teagle, Robert James 24 November 1998 (has links) As one of antebellum Tidewater's most prominent planters, Hill Carter and the world he and his slaves made at Shirley occupy an important place in Virginia history. Few scholars, however, have analyzed their roles adequately. Previous studies' overwhelming concentration on the architectural and material culture history of the plantation has left Carter's role as one of Virginia's preeminent agricultural reformers virtually unexplored. Assuming ownership of Shirley in 1816, Carter quickly established himself as a leading proponent of agricultural improvement, both embracing and building on the ideas of other reformers like John Taylor and Edmund Ruffin. He diversified his crops and changed their rotations, used new equipment and improved methods of cultivation, reclaimed poor or unproductive lands, and employed a variety of fertilizers and manures to resuscitate his soils. Significantly, Carter efforts to improve Shirley transformed not only the physical landscape of the plantation. The changes produced in the work and lives of his slaves also were considerable. This study, then, investigates the relationship between agricultural reform and slavery. Instead of looking at reform in terms of how slavery affected (or inhibited) it, this work argues that reform must also be understood in relation to how it affected slavery, for changes manifested in attempts to improve lands had important ramifications on slave work routines, which, in turn, affected slave life in important ways. / Master of Arts Shirley Plantation agriculture Hill Carter slavery
2	A Plantation Family Wardrobe, 1825 - 1835 Lappas, Jennifer 13 December 2010 (has links) An examination of the Shirley Plantation Collection, Hill Carter, Mary B. Carter, their children, the plantation workers and their wardrobe between 1825 and 1835. Nineteenth Century Clothing Shirley Plantation Costume History Hill Carter Arts and Humanities Theatre and Performance Studies
3	"To Preserve, Protect, and Pass On:" Shirley Plantation as a Historic House Museum, 1894–2013 Dahm, Kerry 18 November 2013 (has links) This thesis provides an analysis of Shirley Plantation’s operation as a historic house museum from 1894 to the present period, and the Carter family’s dedication to keeping the estate within the family. The first chapter examines Shirley Plantation’s beginnings as a historic house museum as operated by two Carter women, Alice Carter Bransford and Marion Carter Oliver, who inherited the property in the late nineteenth century. The second chapter explores Shirley Plantation’s development as a popular historic site during the mid-twentieth century to the early part of the twenty-first century, and compares the site’s development to the interpretative changes that had been occurring at Colonial Williamsburg. The third chapter analyzes and critiques Shirley Plantation’s present interpretative focus as a historic site, with the fourth chapter offering suggestions for developing an exhibition that interprets the history of slavery at the plantation. Public history historic house museum Virginia Shirley Plantation exhibitions slavery historical interpretation Arts and Humanities History
4	The Politics of the Visitor Experience: Remembering Slavery at Museums and Plantations Smith, Lauren 09 September 2020 (has links) No description available. American History African American Studies Black History History Legal Studies Modern History Museums Political Science Slavery collective memory public history visitor experience American identity historical memory reconciliation tokenism Monticello Montpelier Hermitage Whitney Plantation Shirley Plantation Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum NMAAHC

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