Caserne esclaves historiques découverts dans le Maryland

À quelques pieds de distance de la maison de plantation ponctuels de la grand-mère de Francis Scott Key à Millersville, Maryland, techniciens de terrain sont à pied d'œuvre sur une découverte archéologique importante.

Alors que la recherche de signes de français commandant Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau de 1781 campement, les archéologues ont découvert au lieu peut-être quelque chose d'encore plus précieux - quartiers des esclaves.

“To be able to have those surfaces survive in an archaeological context is astounding,” said SHA chief archaeologist Julie Schablitsky. “You can see that the bricks here are turned on their end, and there are some wear marks in here. This is the exact surface where they worked and walked 150-250 years ago.”

The 34-foot by 34-foot slave barracks are rare and speak to the wealth of the property owners in the late 1700s and 1800s, Schablitsky said. The site was found beneath a 20th century house on the 175-acre property currently owned by a private school called the Rockbridge Academy.

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