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Kelley Fanto Deetz

Engraving of the Stratford House in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the birthplace of Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1845. Where the enslaved cook Caesar worked. From the New York Public Library. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room

Kelley Fanto Deetz