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An Archaeology of Struggle: Material Remnants of a Double Consciousness in the American South and Danish Caribbean Communities

Odewale, Alicia·2019·Transforming Anthropology
DOI 10.1111/traa.12165
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The Danish West Indies has often been left out of comparative investigations of slavery between the United States and the Caribbean. This study examines the natural and social environments of two enslaved communities in an effort to reveal the greatest threats to the lives of enslaved peoples and how each community responded differently to such threats. A mix of archaeological and documentary evidence recovered from James and Dolley Madison's Montpelier plantation in Virginia and the Christiansted National Historic Site in St. Croix has revealed an archaeology of struggle, a form of double consciousness in the minds of enslaved peoples, oscillating between self‐preservation and resistance in the daily fight for survival. The diversity of livelihoods across the African Diaspora is illuminated by comparing the lives of Afro‐Caribbeans enslaved by the Danish Crown in St. Croix, within an urban, non‐plantation, and sugar‐based industry, to that of African Americans enslaved by a US president in Virginia, within a rural, plantation, and tobacco‐based industry. The results indicate that enslaved peoples in different regions did not have the same primary concerns or face the same environmental dangers and, as a result, invented different ways of coping with the unique struggles they faced.

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Authors
Odewale, A.
Affiliations
University of Tulsa (US)
Corresponding author
Odewale, Alicia
Venue
Transforming Anthropology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2019-10-01
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
114-132
ISSN
  • 1051-0559 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7466
DOI
10.1111/traa.12165
OpenAlex
W2974338364
Cited by
15
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
FWCI
4.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Transforming Anthropology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › History of Colonial Brazil
Keywords
double consciousness, slavery, enslaved communities, Danish West Indies, James Madison, Dolley Madison, St. Croix, Virginia, African American slavery, sugar industry, tobacco plantations, environmental hazards, comparative slavery

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