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Uncovering evidence of slavery and control in the spatial landscapes of a Maryland plantation

In 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 Vincendire family's fear of losing control of their workforce drove their brutality.

Bailey shows how the Vincendires' 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 Vincendires to the present-day landscape in a complex, layered narrative of precarity and control.

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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  • Title Memory and Power at l'Hermitage Plantation: Heritage of a Nervous Landscape
  • Author Megan M. Bailey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 196
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida
  • Publication date 2024-02-27
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780813080390 / 0813080398
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.42 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.07 cm)
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2023021909
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.287

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Megan M. Bailey is a research affiliate of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland and has served as an archaeologist for the National Park Service.

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