Virginia Slave Housing

Bacon's Castle Slave Quarter
Ben Lomond Quarter
Cessford Laundry/Slave Quarter
Pharsalia Log Duplex
Glendale Kitchen-Quarter

The purpose and goals of the Virginia Slave Housing project are the following:

  1.  Information: Analyze architectural, archaeological, and documentary sources to compile an array of information on Virginia slave housing.
  2. Generate new data: Generate new data by recording a sample of extant buildings according to standardized architectural information, interpretive field notes, and photographs.
  3. Dendrochronology: Improve the temporal framework for slave buildings by dating selected standing structures through dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
  4. Publish: Make the results and various databases available to scholars and the public through a website hosted at the University of Maryland.
  5. Preservation: Encourage preservation of slavery related buildings.

Read more about the Virginia slave housing project.