Archaeologists at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park in west Dallas County, Alabama, have uncovered a discovery that sheds new light on Alabama’s first state capital.

Site Director Dr. William Henry and Assistant Director Jonathan Matthews led the effort to use ground-penetrating radar to find what appears to be the long-lost foundations of slave quarters.

The search revealed anomalies resembling the quarters documented in 19th-century photographs. Excavation confirmed the presence of brick foundations just beneath the surface, the first time the structure has been exposed in nearly a century.

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