Power and community: The archaeology of slavery at the hermitage plantation

American Antiquity

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 531-551

  Thomas, Brian W ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2694107     Document Type: Article

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