Julie schablitsky biography

“We were trying to figure out who could have possibly lived in this home, because it seemed very well built and had the appearance of belonging to somebody of authority and power in that space because it had a brick foundation and a fireplace,” Schablitsky said of the new discovery.

Julie schablitsky biography

“The problem was that the artifacts spoke to a different group of people.”

Schablitsky said the artifacts included inexpensive floral-painted plates, bowls and cups in great quantities found where people were enslaved or lived in poverty.

She also said that the bones they found of animals’ heads and feet didn't have a lot of meat to them and were probably thrown into soups, stews and other types of meals prepared and shared by many people. The team also found evidence that supported the enslaved community’s consumption of wild game, including racoons, muskrats, turtles, fish and oysters.

“When we started looking at other a