I forwarded the question on plantation slavery to the HISTARCH list and here is a reply. Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 INTERNET: [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH *** Forwarding note from HISTARCH--ASUACAD 08/10/94 12:29 *** Return-Path: <@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU:[log in to unmask]> Received: from ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@ASUACAD) by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2293; Wed, 10 Aug 1994 12:29:13 -0700 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 15:10:04 EDT Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> From: Tom Wheaton <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Plantation slavery X-To: [log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]> Several names come to mind about interpreting plantation sites (and none are from Williamsburg): Dorothy Spruill Redford Somerset Place Historic Site Route 1, Box 337 Creswell NC 27928 919 797 4560 Carol McDavid 1406 Sul Ross Houston, TX 77006 713 639 7368 Kenneth Brown University of Houston Department of Anthropology Houston, TX 77204-5882 Barbara Heath Jefferson's Poplar Forest P.O. Box 419 Forest, VA 804 525 1806 Esther White 5534 Burgundy Place Alexandria, VA 22303 703 780 2000 Dennis Poque 3168 Arrowhead Court Woodridge, VA 22192 703 491 7131 Dorothy Redford has perhaps the most innovative interpetation project in the country. She attempts to give a truer feeling of what it may have been like to be a slave than nice neat tabby ruins are capable. Carol McDavid presented a paper on this subject at the last SHA and is wrestling these sorts of problems in Texas, and especially how to involve the local African-American community. Ken Brown is the guy who did the Levy-Jordan plantation, the most incredible plantation site in the U.S. Barbara Heath is with Jefferson's Poplar Forest and Monticello and is an expert on slave made ceramics in the Caribbean. I believe she took over from Bill Kelso, who is now in Richmond at the state museum, I think. Dennis Poque and Esther White are the archaeologists at Mount Vernon. Five or ten years ago you would not have held up MT. Vernon as a great example of how to interprete a plantation, but since Dennis and Esther got there, things have changed. They use a lot of volunteer and student input to help interprete the site to millions (?) of tourists annually. While I am at it, I would like to make a plug for the African-American Archaeology Newsletter (which all of these fine folks subscribe to). If you would like to subscribe, please send a check for $5.00 made out to AAA Newsletter to: Tom Wheaton, Editor AAA Newsletter 6150 East Ponce de Leon Stone Mountain, GA 300083