Bonnie,

How about Jefferson's Nailery at Montecello? I know there's been a lot of
excavation there over the years, and Jefferson's notes on his nailery are
available at many libraries on microfilm. I believe Keene (1970) also talks
about the use of slaves at a number on iron working sites which may also be
of some help.

Keene, John T.
1970    "The Nail Making Industry in Early Virginia." Unpublished Master's
thesis, College of William and Mary.

Hope this helps.

Dave


At 12:31 PM 3/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Afternoon all,
>   I have an undergraduate student in my class in African American
Archaeology who would like to do her semester research on any studies done
on iron works or foundries in the Chesapeake region, preferably Maryland,
that employed slave labor, time period - anytime from the Revolution to
Emancipation.  I have not found any archaeological studies in that region
on that topic, although there have been some done in the Caribbean.  Any
ideas  of some published studies?  If not, I will strongly suggest she move
to another topic...
>
>Thanks loads,
>Bonnie Ryan
>
>

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