Excavations at the Orange Valley hospital for the enslaved in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, have revealed rich deposits of early nineteenth-century artifacts. These artifacts, when analyzed in conjunction with the building itself, surviving documents, and the broader landscape in which it stands, speak to the lives of enslaved people of African descent during the period of amelioration. Archaeology is beginning to reveal how plantation hospitals were employed to perpetuate the institution of slavery; while also illuminating how the enslaved patients and workers in the hospital were able to create meaningful lives and identities, that reflected their own traditions, despite the brutal drudgery of sugar production.

在牙买加特里劳尼教区的奥兰治谷医院进行的挖掘工作发现了丰富的 19 世纪早期文物。这些文物，结合建筑物本身、幸存的文件以及它所处的更广阔的景观进行分析时，讲述了改善时期非洲人后裔被奴役的生活。考古学开始揭示种植园医院是如何被用来维持奴隶制制度的。同时也阐明了医院中被奴役的病人和工人如何能够创造有意义的生活和身份，这反映了他们自己的传统，尽管糖生产是残酷的苦差事。