Tennessee Slave Housing Survey     

       The Slave Housing Survey is sponsored by the Center for Historic Preservation with additional grants from the Tennessee Historical Commission and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The purpose of the survey is to locate and document the architectural heritage of African-American culture during the period of slavery in Tennessee. This includes separate houses, rooms above kitchens or other outbuildings, garret rooms, and basement spaces where slaves lived. A database is being compiled of the locations and types of slave living spaces across the state. Photographs, slides, digital images, and measured drawings for each site will be archived at the Center for Historic Preservation, the Tennessee Historical Commission, and at MESDA.