Joseph Fossett, an enslaved blacksmith

1780-1858
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Joseph Fossett was born in 1780 in Richmond, Virginia. When he was twelve, he went to Monticello. He learned to make nails. He also fetched wood and water and waited tables in the main house When he was sixteen, Joseph trained to be a blacksmith. He put shoes on horses and sharpened hoes and plows.…

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