enslaved landscapes
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This was my presentation at the Council for Northeast Historic Archaeology, given in 2008.TRANSCRIPT
The Enslaved Landscape:
Research Questions at St. Mary’s Manor
Terry Peterkin BrockGraduate StudentMichigan State University
Dr. John Mackall Brome
manipulating the landscape
stepgreat
grand
father
manipulating the landscape
HSMC
Maryland Historical Trust
St. Mary’s County Historical Society
research questions
St. Mary’s City, 1992 Historic St. Mary’s City
You are Here!!!
1774
John Mackall, Sr.
ca. 1813 Miller et al 2006:6-52
Mackall Sr. House
Slave Quarters
Agricultural Complex
Trinity Church
change and reorganization
John Mackall, Jr.
ca. 1813 Miller et al 2006:6-52
Mackall Sr. House
Slave Quarters
Mackall Jr. House
Agricultural Complex
Trinity Church
James Mackall Brome
ca. 1820 Miller et al 2006:6-52
St. Barbara’s
Slave Quarters
Slave Quarters
Agricultural Complex
Trinity ChurchBrome House
Mackall Jr. House
Forman 1968:22St .Barbara’s ca.
1920
Kearney Map, 1824 Historic St. Mary’s City
John Cartwright Ashcom
ca. 1780 - ca. 1839 Miller et al 2006:6-52
St. Barbara’s
Slave Quarters
Slave Quarters
Agricultural Complex
Trinity Church
Mackall Sr. and Brome Home
Mackall Jr. Home
Kearney Map, 1924 and Arial Photo, 1992Historic St. Mary’s City
ca. 1780 - ca. 1840 Miller et al 2006:6-52
Brome House
St. Barbara’s
Slave Quarters
Slave Quarters
Mackall Jr. House
Agricultural Complex
Trinity Church
Historic St. Mary’s City
Dr. John Mackall Brome
ca. 1860 Miller et al 2006:6-60
St. Barbara’s
Slave Quarters
Agricultural Complex
St. Mary’s Manor
Trinity ChurchFemale
Seminary
Brome’s Wharf
power and control
St. Mary’s Manor, Brome Howard InnHistoric St. Mary’s City
St. Mary’s Manor Historic St. Mary’s City
Historic St. Mary’s CityBromes’ Wharf
ca. 1860 Miller et al 2006:6-60
St. Barbara’s
Slave Quarters
Agricultural Complex
St. Mary’s Manor
Trinity ChurchFemale
Seminary
Brome’s Wharf
18641860 57561850
41 791870
Gough BiscoeWhalen
Butler
duplexes
Historic St. Mary’s CityDuplex Quarter
Bushwood Manor, Hogdon, and
Rosecroft duplexes
Maryland Historical Trust
post civil war
new south
railroad
1870
1880
800 275$3,400
$1,500
ca. 1870 to ca. 1900 Miller et al. 2006:6-60, 62
duplex and single quarter, late
19th c.Earle 1923
duplex and single quarter, late
19th c.Historic St. Mary’s City
single quarter ca. 1910
duplex and single quarter ca. 1910
Historic St. Mary’s City
Duplex Renovations, 1980s
Historic St. Mary’s City
Duplex and St. Mary’s Manor, 1993
Historic St. Mary’s City
research questions
regional comparisons
economic and social shifting
effects on enslaved community
status w/in enslaved community
civil war
HSMC
IMPART Fellowship
Michigan State University
GO GREEN! Beat U of M!!