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Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: the story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial Virginia

  • Written by Kelley Fanto Deetz, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: the story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial VirginiaStratford Hall in Westmoreland, Virginia, where enslaved cook and chocolatier Caesar lived and worked in the kitchen.Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

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