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A Day at the Sotterley Slave Dwelling Dig

Home // Photo Gallery // A Day at the Sotterley Slave Dwelling Dig

A Day at the Sotterley Slave Dwelling Dig

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Historic Sotterley’s Board President Gwen Bankins shares a slave artifact she uncovered while working on the Slave Dwelling dig.  The project is part of the Sotterley Descendants project to help discover more information and answer questions regarding their enslaved ancestors who lived and worked at Sotterley.

Additional information: news article “Descendant Led Archaeology at Sotterley”.

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County: St. Mary's County
Themes: African American People and Culture, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment, Rural Life in Southern Maryland
Timeframes: 1828 – 1860 Antebellum America, 1860 – 1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 2000 – 2024 21st Century America
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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Type of Entry: Individual Resource
County: St. Mary's County
Themes: African American People and Culture, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment, Rural Life in Southern Maryland
Timeframes: 1828 – 1860 Antebellum America, 1860 – 1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 2000 – 2024 21st Century America
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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