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New ways to tell an old plantation's story

Jennifer Janofsky doesn't care for what she calls "butter-churn history." Quaint objects alone don't do justice, she says, to the richness and complexities of the Whitall House story.

Curator Jennifer Janofsky at the house-museum in National Park, with her daughter Grace, 9, holding a yoke.
Curator Jennifer Janofsky at the house-museum in National Park, with her daughter Grace, 9, holding a yoke.Read moreAPRIL SAUL / Staff Photographer
    by Kevin Riordan, Inquirer Columnist | Columnist
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