Excavation archives: Mapping enslaved people and locating their living quarters in New Brunswick’s Loyalist landscape

dc.contributor.advisorHunt-Kennedy, Stefanie
dc.contributor.advisorNelson, Charmaine A.
dc.contributor.authorDraicchio, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T18:54:16Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T18:54:16Z
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.description.abstractThis thesis challenges the problematic national narrative of Canada’s alleged innocence in Atlantic slavery by interrogating the practice of slavery in New Brunswick’s Loyalist landscape between 1783 and 1834. Although there have been significant contributions to the study of Canadian slavery in the past several decades, there has been a lack of archaeological studies on the topic. This thesis expands archaeological research on slavery and locates, documents, and analyses seven sites used as living quarters by enslaved people in New Brunswick. Using a historical-archaeological approach, this thesis reveals important insights into the working and living conditions of enslaved people, including their labour skills, experiences of abuse, forced dislocations, community and familial bonds, and acts of resistance. This thesis illustrates that we can better understand the nature of slavery in New Brunswick by combining the historical analysis of archival records with the archaeological mapping and surveying of sites of enslavement.
dc.description.copyright© Emily Draicchio, 2023
dc.format.extentvii, 218
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37673
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.relationSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
dc.relationFonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)
dc.relationThe Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery / Slavery North Initiative
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_f1cf
dc.subject.disciplineHistory
dc.titleExcavation archives: Mapping enslaved people and locating their living quarters in New Brunswick’s Loyalist landscape
dc.typemaster thesis
oaire.license.conditionother
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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