Locus D
Locus D is a large stone enclosure divided into 2 main sections with a small structure attached on the north. Locus D was likely an animal pen with attached shed or barn structure. Locus D is located slightly over 20 meters south of Locus G, where some of the estate's animals would have been used to power the mill to crush sugar cane.
Household materials such as ceramic sherds were found in association with the possible shed or barn structure. The ceramics uncovered in the excavations sampling this part of Locus D had mean dates between 1792 and 1836. In addition to a site of labor, the attached shed may have been a homespace for the enslaved people who tended the estate's livestock. People may have continued living in their homes in this area for a few years after the emancipation of slavery making do as subsistence farmers or wage laborers.
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