You should contact the Cane River National Heritage Area in Louisiana.  I
believe there are at least two plantations with the original bells on site.
I hope this helps.

Brenden Martin
Professor of Public History
Middle Tennessee State University
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From: "Hillary Murtha" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:11 PM
Subject: slave bells


> Please excuse cross-listings.
>
> I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Delaware, and I am writing
my dissertation on the use of bells, horns, & other auditory signalling
devices used to manage labor in nineteenth-century America.
>
> At present, I am looking for preserved antebellum southern historic sites
that still have the bell(s) that were used to direct & discipline enslaved
field hands - ie, calling them to and from the fields, etc. I would also
appreciate any other relevant information anyone is willing to share - that
is, if you have or know of the existence of a slave-bell or horn in a museum
collection, know of a collection of particularly relevant papers, etc.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Hillary Murtha
> University of Delaware
>
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