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Studies of Charleston, South Carolina, architecture and archaeology tend to focus on the artifacts and landscapes of the city’s white populace. This essay builds on the growing wealth of archaeologically recovered African-American material culture and initiates a discussion on Charleston’s slave quarters and their settings.
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Herman, B.L. Slave and servant housing in Charleston, 1770–1820. Hist Arch 33, 88–101 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03373625
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