Name/Title
Slavery in the City: Architecture and Landscapes of Urban Slavery in North AmericaEntry/Object ID
2017.004.5Description
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 cmCollection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2017.004Source or Donor
Archives/Library Purchases (2017)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch 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--HistoryBook Details
Author
Ginsburg, Rebecca, 1963-, Ellis, Clifton, 1956-Publisher
University of Virginia PressPlace Published
Location
Charlottesville, VADate Published
2017Call No.
NA2543 .S6 S59 2017ISBN
9780813940052LCCN
2017001842Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Moved By
Summer 2018 InternDate
July 9, 2018Notes
Notes: SusannahGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Edited by Clifton Ellis and Rebecca Ginsburg.
Includes bibliographical references and index.Created By
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April 5, 2023