1. Farm Life in Williamsburg
All pictures in this slideshow are my own, and were taken in Colonial Williamsburg’s Great Hopes plantation on September 29th, 2013.

2. This is an example of a farm garden, where some of the plants (most likely produce and herbs) would be grown.

3. The farm well, used to retrieve water, with the slave quarters in the background.

4. Inside the slave quarters; this slave’s house would have actually been the farmer’s original house until a bigger one was built.

5. Livestock, for production and eventually for consumption.
The Dominique Chicken
Livestock, for production and eventually for consumption.

6. Fields for planting in the foreground, with areas in which to hunt in the background.

7. Inside the farm kitchen
Inside the farm kitchen. The kitchen was a building of its own, with a full fireplace and worktable for meal preparation.

8. Inside the smokehouse (L to R): Curing meats; the smokehouse building itself; the smoke pit from which the smoke was created. The smoke would cure the raw meat, so it could be saved for later consumption.

9. Lumber with the saw pit. One person would stand in the pit, while another person would stand on the boards or ground above them . Each person would have part of a saw, and would work together to saw each piece of wood.

10. Horses were the principal type of transportation and were often raised on farms and in fields.