Tudor Place’s ‘Ancestral Spaces’ Pays Homage to Its Black History


Tudor Place opened an exhibition entitled, “Ancestral Spaces: People of African Descent at Tudor Place,” on Feb. 6, timed for Black History Month. It is proving so popular that it will likely continue beyond its planned April closing.

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New Installation Brings Tudor Place History to Light


A new installation intended to uncover the lives of the generations of free and enslaved people who lived and worked at the Tudor Place, a historic Georgetown property that now serves as a museum, opened Feb. 6.

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Ancestral Spaces Seeks to Illuminate the Stories of Enslaved People at Tudor Place


The temporary installation and guided tour pieces together fragmented histories of both the enslaved and free Black people who cared for the historic house—a successful first step in telling the full story.

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Descendants Reveal the Stories of Their Enslaved, Free Black Ancestors at Tudor Place


Ann Chinn was invited to the Tudor Place for her daughter’s classmate’s birthday party years ago. When the child’s mother asked if she needed directions to the historic home, Chinn responded, “No, that was our family home.” The mother looked upon her strangely; she didn’t know Chinn is the descendant of a multigenerational legacy of enslaved African women at Tudor Place.

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Press Release: Tudor Place Tells the Stories of Enslaved Individuals on A New Tour

Press Release 

January 16, 2024

Washington, DC — Tudor Place Historic House & Garden presents Ancestral Spaces: People of African Descent at Tudor Place, a special installation and guided tour that explores the lives of individuals and families of African descent who lived and worked at Tudor Place.

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Mark Hudson, Executive Director, Featured in Podcast introducing, Ancestral Spaces: People of African Descent at Tudor Place

Listen to an interview with Mark Hudson, introducing “Ancestral Spaces: People of African Descent at Tudor Place,” the special new installation and guided tour.

Listen to the podcast here.

Learn more about the installation here.

Landmark Lecture: Inclusivity and Interpreting Enslaved Individuals at Tudor Place

Tudor Place Curator Robert DeHart and Archivist Haley Wilkinson share recent work that has prompted a more equitable and inclusive interpretation in tours, events and programs that embrace the agency of enslaved people. Hear details about how the work informs interpretation and what surprises were uncovered.

Watch the lecture here.

Tudor Place’s Washington Camp Stool Goes to Philadelphia

The camp stool will return to Tudor Place once the exhibition concludes on January 5, 2025. Be sure to visit the Museum of the American Revolution starting President’s Day Weekend to learn more about this essential part of American History.

Read the article “Upcoming Special Exhibition “Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent” Opens at the Museum of the American Revolution on Presidents Day Weekend, Feb. 2024″ here.

Tudor Place by Candlelight


Join Tudor Place for a guided candlelit tour highlighting the season of gift giving among the Peter family and the African American and immigrant domestic laborers who lived and worked at Tudor Place.

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Slave descendants discuss connections to D.C., Virginia estates during landmark lecture on Georgetown campus

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By Mennatalla Ibrahim
Special to the AFRO | October 24, 2023

 

Group of descendants sitting in semi circle with Fred Murphy, facilitator in center

Photo courtesy: Francesca Donovan

There’s great comfort and privilege in tracing one’s features or mannerisms through a family line. However, for many African Americans across the country, this task is often marked with a unique pain and difficulty due to the absence or distortion of records left behind during slavery.

The annual Tudor Place Landmark Lecture Series makes space for the descendants of enslaved people to share their journeys in piecing together their ancestors’ stories.

“Tudor Place is keeping enslaved people’s stories alive,” said Jerolyn Cole, a descendent of John Luckett, who served as a gardener at Tudor Place for 44 years.

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Watch the video of the live event here