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Contextualizing Canines, a Dog Burial, and Enslaved Life on a Virginia Plantation
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In the early nineteenth century, members of one household of the enslaved community at Virginia's Montpelier plantation buried their dog near the duplex they called home. This action, on its own, unfortunately does not speak directly to the broader experiences of Africans or their descendants forced into American bondage, or the specific experiences of the women and men enslaved at Montpelier. However, by contextualizing dogs in the African Atlantic and the specific landscapes of Montpelier, such narratives come into focus, allowing us to explore the roles the animal may have played in the daily life of an enslaved household.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Greer, M. C.
- Affiliations
- Syracuse University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Greer, Matthew C.
- ORCID
- Greer, Matthew C.
- Venue
- Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 223-244
- ISSN
- 2161-9441 (ISSN-L)
- 2161-9468
- OpenAlex
- W2547807899
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Keywords
- dog burials, human-animal relations, plantation landscapes, nineteenth-century slavery, Virginia
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