Blue Grass Trust deTour January 2024 The Digital Access Project: Uncovering Hopemont

We follow along the Fayette County Clerk's Office and the University of Kentucky, History 351/African American and Africana Studies 400, who have recently completed a research project with preliminary findings uncovering the names and lives of those who were enslaved by the Hunt and Morgan families at Hopemont.

The students working on the Digital Access Project, along with members of the Clerk's office and UK faculty walk us through tracing the history of those enslaved by John Wesley Hunt, making it both an educational how-to video for the County Clerk's offices and telling an important part of the history of the Blue Grass Trust's flagship property.

The virtual deTour format allows for convenient access, and it provides an opportunity for an inside look at the research project without ever leaving your home!