Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia /

Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia /

Enslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of colonial Virginia populations, with most living on rural slave quarters adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. Archaeological excavations into these home sites have provided unique windows into the daily l...

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Main Author: Samford, Patricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1600-1865
Slaves > Virginia > Social life and customs.
Slaves > Homes and haunts > Virginia > History.
Root cellars > Virginia > History.
Hiding places > Virginia > History.
Sacred space > Virginia > History.
Material culture > Virginia > History.
African Americans > Virginia > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Virginia.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia > History > 1775-1865.
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History.
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