{"title":"Ideologies in Tension and Moments of Change: The Slave Jail at 1315 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia","authors":"Benjamin A. Skolnik, Samantha J. Lee","doi":"10.1007/s41636-024-00501-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>From 1828 until its liberation at the outset of the American Civil War in 1861, the slave-jail complex built by the domestic slave-trading firm of Franklin & Armfield at 1315 Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia, facilitated a fundamental transformation in American slavery. It was used to industrialize the domestic slave trade; however, it also witnessed moments of agency and power, as individuals negotiated oppressive legal, social, and economic systems. These systems were not static, and when these supporting frameworks were disrupted in moments of change, existing tensions and contradictions erupted. As the site was transformed from a slave jail to a military prison and then again as the war ended, the systems that supported slavery and white supremacy were laid bare in moments of tension before retreating to take on new forms. As the City of Alexandria transforms this site into a museum, we confront these tensions in the present.</p>","PeriodicalId":46956,"journal":{"name":"HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-024-00501-y","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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From 1828 until its liberation at the outset of the American Civil War in 1861, the slave-jail complex built by the domestic slave-trading firm of Franklin & Armfield at 1315 Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia, facilitated a fundamental transformation in American slavery. It was used to industrialize the domestic slave trade; however, it also witnessed moments of agency and power, as individuals negotiated oppressive legal, social, and economic systems. These systems were not static, and when these supporting frameworks were disrupted in moments of change, existing tensions and contradictions erupted. As the site was transformed from a slave jail to a military prison and then again as the war ended, the systems that supported slavery and white supremacy were laid bare in moments of tension before retreating to take on new forms. As the City of Alexandria transforms this site into a museum, we confront these tensions in the present.
期刊介绍：
Historical Archaeology is the scholarly journal of The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) and the leading journal in the study of the archaeology of the modern era. The journal publishes articles on a broad range of historic and archaeological areas of interests such as slavery, gender, race, ethnicity, social class, globalization, industry, landscapes, material culture, battlefields, and much more. Historical Archaeology is published quarterly and is a benefit of SHA membership. The journal was first published in 1967, the year SHA was founded. Although most contributors and reviewers are member of the Society, membership is not required to submit manuscripts for publication in Historical Archaeology. Scholarship and pertinence are the determining factors in selecting contribution for publication in SHA’s journal.
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