Memory and power at L'Hermitage Plantation heritage of a nervous landscape
Introducing the Nervous Landscape -- From Saint Domingue to Maryland -- L'Hermitage: A Nervous Landscape -- Reading Nervousness in the Historical and Archaeological Record -- Monocacy National Battlefield: A Nervous Landscape in the Present -- Conclusion
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University Press of Florida
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cultural heritage studies
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introducing the Nervous Landscape -- From Saint Domingue to Maryland -- L'Hermitage: A Nervous Landscape -- Reading Nervousness in the Historical and Archaeological Record -- Monocacy National Battlefield: A Nervous Landscape in the Present -- Conclusion "This book documents the treatment of enslaved people at L'Hermitage Plantation in Maryland from 1794 to 1827, showing how the plantation owners' strategies to maintain power and control can be seen in the spatial landscapes of the site"-- "Uncovering evidence of slavery and control in the spatial landscapes of a Maryland plantationIn this book, Megan Bailey uses archaeological data and historical records to document the treatment of enslaved people at L'Hermitage Plantation in Maryland from 1794 to 1827. Bailey uses the concept of the "nervous landscape"-a space where power is not absolute and where resistance is possible-to show how the VincendieÌ⁰re family's fear of losing control of their workforce drove their brutality. Bailey shows how the VincendieÌ⁰res' strategies to maintain their power were inscribed in the plantation's landscapes through the design of the enslaved peoples' village, which maximized surveillance and control while suppressing individuality. Despite the family's behavior, enslaved people found ways to exercise agency, including through use of yard space, forming relationships with local residents, and running away. Considering fear and anxiety as a fundamental element of the colonial experience, Bailey argues that emotion should be considered in archaeological analyses of the past. Today, L'Hermitage Plantation is a part of the Monocacy National Battlefield operated by the National Park Service. Bailey discusses the public interpretation of the site and how excavations of the plantation highlighted a more complicated narrative than the prevailing story of Civil War conflict and heroism. Memory and Power at L'Hermitage Plantation uses archaeology to connect the VincendieÌ⁰res to the present-day landscape in a complex, layered narrative of precarity and control. A volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 178 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780813080390 978-0-8130-8039-0 9780813069951 978-0-8130-6995-1 |