Interpreting Grassmere's Enslaved Community: Archaeological Approaches to Public History at the Nashville Zoo

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dc.contributor.advisorSikes, Dr. Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorSproul, Kate
dc.contributor.committeememberPruitt, Dr. Lisa
dc.contributor.committeememberHodge, Dr. Shannon
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-26T18:00:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-26T18:00:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-21
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the antebellum site of Grassmere, the house built in 1810 by people enslaved by the Dunn family on land currently housing the Nashville Zoo. It presents historical research into Grassmere's enslaved community gleaned from the wills, deeds, letters, and diaries of the Dunns and their descendants, and it compares this documentary evidence to previously existing data acquired from a separate 2014 archaeological excavation of a graveyard for the enslaved population. This project concludes by considering methods of interpreting slavery at other public sites to determine which are most suitable for this site.
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5312
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State University
dc.subjectBioarchaeology
dc.subjectGrassmere
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectNashville Zoo
dc.subjectPublic history
dc.subjectSlavery
dc.subject.umiHistory
dc.subject.umiArchaeology
dc.subject.umiPhysical anthropology
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreelevelMasters
dc.titleInterpreting Grassmere's Enslaved Community: Archaeological Approaches to Public History at the Nashville Zoo
dc.typeThesis

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