This is the fifth in a series of posts highlighting our awesome summer interns! Next is Tyler Wilson of Salisbury University.

“My name is Tyler Wilson and I am presently enrolled as an undergraduate student at Salisbury University. This year will be my senior year which I am excited about.

“Other than my current project at Lost Towns, which is to aid in bringing a more inclusive history to Maryland by researching tenant houses, I am currently working on research on how the prison system replaced slavery within a post-civil war America.

“This summer I hope to get a glimpse of what life must have been like for enslaved people and their descendants by examining and analyzing the artifacts that were left behind on the tenant properties we will be working at. A lot is known about how the slave masters operated and lived within their households but not much has been researched on how tenants and slaves lived in their households.”

Thanks, Tyler, for your work this summer on this important topic!

Tyler is one of our two funded interns this year! Your support can help us provide internships to the next generation of archaeology and historic preservation professionals. If you are able, please consider making a tax-deductible internship donation to the Lost Towns Project today. Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a big difference in preserving local history. Thank you!