Slavery in the City: Architecture and Landscapes of Urban Slavery in North America

Name/Title

Slavery in the City: Architecture and Landscapes of Urban Slavery in North America

Entry/Object ID

2017.004.5

Description

Essays that highlight the diversity of the slave experience in the antebellum city and town and articulates the common experience of conflict inherent in relationships based on power, resistance, and adaptation. Includes Charleston sites: Aiken-Rhett House, Miles Brewton House, City Guard House, Heyward-Washington House, Pinckney House (Pitt Street), a Queen Street house, and St. Michael's Church. Contents: Introduction: Studying the landscapes of North American urban slavery -- Architecture of urban domestic slavery in the Chesapeake and Jamaica : comparative evidence / Edward A. Chappell -- "Appropriated to the use of the colored people" : urban slave housing in the north / John Michael Vlach -- Close quarters : master and slave space in eighteenth-century Annapolis / Clifton Ellis -- Understanding antebellum Charleston's backlots through light, sound, and action / Gina Haney -- Urban sites of slavery in antebellum Texas / Kenneth Hafertepe -- Slavery in Knoxville, Tennessee : in, but not entirely of, the south / Charles H. Faulkner -- Henry, a slave, v. State of Tennessee : the public and private space of slaves in a small town / Lisa Tolbert -- Conclusion: Directions for future studies of North American slavery. ix, 186 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2017.004

Source or Donor

Archives/Library Purchases (2017)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Architecture and society--United States-History, Architecture and society--Caribbean Area-History, Slaves--United States--Social conditions, Slaves--Caribbean Area--Social conditions, Streetscapes (Urban design)--United States-History, Streetscapes (Urban design)--Caribbean Area-History, Space (Architecture)--Social aspects--United States-History, Space (Architecture)--Social aspects--Caribbean Area--History

Book Details

Author

Ginsburg, Rebecca, 1963-, Ellis, Clifton, 1956-

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Place Published

Location

Charlottesville, VA

Date Published

2017

Call No.

NA2543 .S6 S59 2017

ISBN

9780813940052

LCCN

2017001842

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Moved By

Summer 2018 Intern

Date

July 9, 2018

Notes

Notes: Susannah

General Notes

Note

Notes: Edited by Clifton Ellis and Rebecca Ginsburg. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 7, 2017

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023