I've often said my sister, Dr. Mary Furlong Minkoff, is the coolest person I know. Case in point: She runs marathons. She cooks like a champ. She's incredibly smart yet she's very effortless about it. Everyone likes her, especially me. So, I'm really excited to be able to talk with her about her passion, American archeology and changing the context of what we know about the lives of American slaves. Dr. Rudi, as she is known to me, is an archeologist at President James Madison's home, Montpelier, in Virginia. In her work, she's redefining what we know about the lives of slaves, and it is both awe-inspiring and devastating.

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