UA Museum Expedition to Excavate Apparent Site of Former Slave Quarters at Tannehill

UA Museum Expedition to Excavate Apparent Site of Former Slave Quarters at Tannehill

Slave labor helped power a near half-century of pre Civil War iron making at Tannehill. Now, in an effort to learn more about these men, women and children who helped build and operate the iron works, a team of explorers will excavate what’s believed to be the former site of 15 of their homes during an archaeology camp hosted by The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History.