Mary Furlong Minkoff, a PhD graduate and currently the Curator of Archaeological Collections at James Madison's Montpelier, was featured on NBC29 News. She discussed archaeological finds, which include ceramic pottery pieces, at Montpelier that reveal insights into the lives of James Madison’s South Yard Enslaved Community.

The collection of ceramics serves as evidence that suggests that the slave community most likely had access to local markets where they purchased their own cermaics, with cash earned from growing produce and raising livestock, rather than just hand downs.

To read the news piece and watch the video, visit: http://www.nbc29.com/story/31639191/pottery-gives-insight-to-slave-live…