Architecture, Settlement Structure, and Labor Relations At Three Antebellum Plantations On Sapelo Island, Georgia
Summary
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 either coercion or choice. Finally, archaeological manifestations of slave cabin details (windows and tabby plaster) are described and related to status differences between planter and slave.
Cite this Record
Architecture, Settlement Structure, and Labor Relations At Three Antebellum Plantations On Sapelo Island, Georgia. Morgan Crook, Jr., Nicholas Honerkamp. 2009 ( tDAR id: 371723) ; doi:10.6067/XCV88S4N5Z
Keywords
Culture
Historic
Site Name
Behavior Cemetery
Site Type
Non-Domestic Structures
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Plantation Site
Investigation Types
Architectural Survey
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Historic Background Research
Spatial Coverage
min long: -81.312; min lat: 31.374 ; max long: -81.151; max lat: 31.564 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Rachel Black
File Information
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