Minerva Granger, born in September 1771, grew up as an enslaved field laborer at Monticello. She also was a wife, mother, and grandmother and experienced the separation of her family through gifting and sale. Other than the type of work she performed, the rations and tools she received, and the children she bore, we know little about Granger from documentary record, as is the case with many enslaved field laborers at Monticello. In this video, Monticello archaeologist Crystal O'Connor explains h