
Digital
Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake Slavery - DAACS
Explore the DAACS Website to learn more about enslaved Africans and their
descendents, living in the Chesapeake region of Virginia during the
Colonial and Ante-Bellum Periods. Analyze and compare artifacts, deposits,
and architectural plans from different sites at unprecedented levels of
detail. Join researchers from different disciplines to discover the
cultural dynamics behind slavery and early Chesapeake society. DAACS is a
community resource, built and maintained in the Department of Archaeology
at Monticello, in collaboration with the research institutions and
archaeologists working in the region.
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