The archaeology of Northern slavery and freedom /
Although African slavery in the United States is generally associated with the South, the institution also existed in Northern states as late as the 1840s, especially in large urban centers, such as Philadelphia and New York. Contrariwise, freed African Americans in the region established rural comm...
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
[2019]
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| Series: | American experience in archaeological perspective.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. The problem of Northern slavery. Slavery, freedom, archaeology ; The history of slavery in the "free" states
- Part II. Bondage. The archaeology of bondage in the Northern states ; Rose Hill: archeology at a Finger Lakes plantation
- Part III. Struggle. Archaeology and the struggle for freedom ; The Parker House: an archaeology of armed resistance in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Part IV. Liberty. The problem of Northern freedom ; Mrs. Smith's house
- Part V. Commemoration. Conclusion.
