An African-American family standing in front of former slave quarters at the Hermitage Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. PUBLIC DOMAIN.
The Harper Plantation
This map is a reconstruction of the Harper Plantation on which Emmaline Heard lived as an enslaved child. This map was designed based on descriptions of the plantation provided by Emmaline in her Federal Writers' Project interview from the 1930s. The map includes links to different stops in a virtual field trip where you can learn about her life and the lives of other enslaved people who lived in the Flat Rock area. Explore the map by clicking on the seven different links. You can learn about primary and secondary sources, enslaved living conditions, skilled trades, making cloth and quilting, King Cotton, enslaved women and children, and life after freedom.
4th and 8th Grade Lesson Plans
Lesson plans aligned with both English Language Arts and Social Studies standards are available for 4th and 8th-grade students in Georgia. These cross-curricular lessons will guide students through this virtual field trip. Students will engage with primary and secondary sources to explore enslaved life in North Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Photographs, maps, and interview excerpts featured throughout the tour serve as primary sources on the topic. Interviews collected for the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) in the 1930s, which provide firsthand accounts of slavery in north Georgia, are featured throughout. The virtual field trip was designed to reflect the enslaved experience as it was expressed in these firsthand accounts.
Enslaved Life in North Georgia: A Journey into the Past is co-organized by the Flat Rock Archive and New South Associates, Inc.
This virtual field trip and exhibition is made possible by the support of Super District 7 Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, DeKalb County, Georgia.