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June 2006 Newsletter
On Interpreting Slave Status from Archaeological Remains
By Jerome S. Handler and Frederick W. Lange
Illustrations
![Figure 1](HandlerFig1.jpg) | Figure 1. Handler & Lange study published in 1978. |
![Figure 2](HandlerFig2.jpg) | Figure 2. Excavations at Newton Plantation Cemetery, early 1970s. |
![Figure 3](HandlerFig3.jpg) | Figure 3. Burial, Newton Cemetery. Coffin handles are visible by the skull, right arm, and lower legs. |
![Figure 4](HandlerFig4.jpg) | Figure 4. Burial, Newton Cemetery. Among the artifacts found with this burial are the copper bracelets, visible on both arms. Neither the skeletal remains in Figures 3 and 4 nor their accompanying artifacts visually or analytically demonstrate slave status. |
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