Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:36
Digging for Slaves
VHS, 50 min., 1989
Archeologists are digging up American slave sites for the first time, unearthing the realities of slave life and discovering the contributions of enslaved Africans to American society. Many fascinating and surprising details are provided of excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and at Colonial Williamsburg, where an entire slave quarters is now being accurately reconstructed.
Archeologists are digging up American slave sites for the first time, unearthing the realities of slave life and discovering the contributions of enslaved Africans to American society. Many fascinating and surprising details are provided of excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and at Colonial Williamsburg, where an entire slave quarters is now being accurately reconstructed.
Category:
Anthropology and Archaeology