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Archaeology recently completed at site CG-10, the Atkinson Site near Carter’s Grove Plantation, has revealed a seventeenth-century house complex owned by middling planter Thomas Atkinson between 1680 and 1710. It is possible that a small building near the main house was occupied by African-American slaves.

This website presents some of the on-going research associated with this important site, as well as additional material related to the Martin’s Hundred community and the story of African-American life as it is informed by archaeological findings. Use the links on the left to investigate further!

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