Slave Cabin (Site Type Keyword)
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This report summarizes the results of an archaeological survey on Sapelo Island, Georgia by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Archaeological Field School. Under the direction of the author, a modified systematic survey was undertaken in an area believed to contain archaeological remains associated with antebellum slave cabins. The suspected cabins, about 275 to 300m north and northeast of the Reynolds Mansion/Spalding Big House were first noted by Dr. Ray Crook, and he provided the UTC...
Architecture, Settlement Structure, and Labor Relations At Three Antebellum Plantations On Sapelo Island, Georgia (2009)
Research at three antebellum plantations on Sapelo Island, Georgia indicates a wide variety in Geechee settlement forms, construction techniques and materials, and architectural artifacts associated with structures. Based on documentary and archaeological data, two contrasting forms of settlement patterning are described that correlate with distinct labor relations at individual plantations. Significant slave cabin construction changes over a 60 year period are presented that resulted from...
Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island Project