2017 Architecture Lectures: Home Life Spaces of the Enslaved at Homewood
Ongoing research investigating the lives of the enslaved people at Homewood in the early nineteenth century reveals that men, women, and children inhabited unexpected spaces. From destroyed dwellings to the extant rooms of Homewood and the carriage house, historian Abby Schreiber, Ph.D., will discuss the conditions in which people lived and worked, carried on their family lives, and spent their time.