Dr. Whitney Stewart, Assistant Professor of History, UT Dallas
Whitney Stewart, Assistant Professor of History, The University of Texas at Dallas, has an article coming out in the premier material culture journal, Winterthur Portfolio. In it, she examines objects found within three dwellings on a plantation in North Carolina, and reveal how those artifacts illuminate the home-making strategies of the plantation’s enslaved residents. “A Protected Homeplace: The Material Culture of Home-Making for Stagville’s Enslaved Residents,” Winterthur Portfolio 54, no. 4 (Winter 2020). Pictured: One of the objects Stewart investigates: a walking stick crafted by an enslaved man in the eighteenth century.
One of the objects Stewart investigates: a walking stick crafted by an enslaved man in the eighteenth century