Gulf South (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jayur M Mehta. Tara Skipton.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Evergreen Plantation is a National Historic Landmark of approximately 100 hectares and it consists of almost 40 standing structures. Twenty-two of these structures were quarters for the enslaved, and they exist in the same places at which they were first erected at the beginning of the 19th century. Oral traditions describe a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah J Francis.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. September 1, 1818: To the free negresse Maria Lucia 34 years old and 5 feet 4 inches tall leaving on the Schooner of Mr. Laurent for Pensacola. - New Orleans, Office of the Mayor. On September 1, 1818, the New Orleans government recorded Maria Lucia’s passport, the first granted to a free person of color. From 1818-1831, the city...