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Schedule Of Events
GUIDED TOURS of the Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground and Slave Cabin are available for Local School Groups
For more information please contact: Dr. Rainville
| What | When | Where | Description |
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| Fletcher Family Reunion | August 1-3, 2008 | Elson Inn | Descendents of the African-American Fletchers gather for their family reunion. |
| Lecture by Ms. Jodi Barnes | March 18, 2008 | Tyson Aud. | From farms to forests: The archaeology of an Appalachian landscape (excavations at a Free Black Farm) |
| Lecture by Dr. Rainville | Oct 3, 2007 | Tyson Aud. | A Sweet Survey: archaeological investigations at the Sweet Briar Plantation |
| Guided Tour by Sweet Briar Archaeology minors | April 2006 | On-Campus Slave Cabin | Tour of the standing slave cabin for Amherst County 5th Graders |
| Lecture by Dr. Rainville | February 2006 | Dew | Hidden History: African American Communities at Sweet Briar |
| Lecture by Dr. Rainville and Dr. Ambers | February 12, 2004 7:30 pm |
Wailes Lounge, Elston Confer. Center, Sweet Briar | "African Americans at Sweet Briar" and "Effects of Historic Agriculture on Sweet Briar Land |
| Lecture by Dr. Rainville | October 10th, 2003 | Archaeology Program, University of Virginia | "Slave Daily Life and Mortuary Practices on a Piedmont Plantation: an investigation of the enslaved African Americans on the Sweet Briar Plantation" |
| Lecture by Dr. Rainville | February 11th, 2003, 5 pm | E.B. Room, Prothro, Sweet Briar College | "Research into the Lives of the African and Native American Peoples on the Sweet Briar Plantation, c. 1830-1900" |
| Guided Tour of the Slave Cabin and Slave Cemetery by Dr. Rainville | February 28th, 2003, morning | Sweet Briar Campus | In conjunction with "Arts Day" and local school children. |
| Archaeological Survey and Historical Research into the Enslaved Peoples on the Sweet Briar Plantation | On-going and sponsored, in part, by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy | Sweet Briar and Amherst County | Interdisciplinary effort involving faculty in Anthropology, History, Classics, Arts Management and College Administrators and Staff |