SHA's Gender & Minority Relations committee is sponsoring a session
for the SHA Annual Meeting in the year 2000 to be held in Quebec
City.  The title of the session will be: "African-Canadian
Archaeological sites: The North Star of the Diaspora".  The session
will encompass papers highlighting African-Canadian sites in Canada
and U.S. or Caribbean sites with African-Caribbean links.  We feel
that this is a timely topic, ideal for the new millenium and would
like to invite you to participate in this session.
      Please let us know if you are willing to present a paper by
sending either an email message, a written message or by phone by
April 30.  Please include your name, address, phone and email
address, and the title and brief summary of your paper.
 
 
SESSION ABSTRACT
 
"African-Canadian Archaeological Sites: The North Star of the
Diaspora"
 
In their quest for freedom, Africans and African Americans either
migrated to Canada via the Underground Railroad, or were evacuated to
Canada with the British at the close of the American Revolution.
Jamaicans were also exiled to nova Scotia after the Maroon rebellion
of 1796.  Africans were also known to have been enslaved at the
French stronghold at Louisbourg.  Cape Breton documents also
indicate the presence of enslaved Africans in early Halifax. The
African presence in Canada is beginning to be explored
archaeologically.  As Canada is included in the African Diaspora,
excavations of African-Canadian sites will provide archaeologists
with comparative data.  What do Canadian sites associated with the
African descendant population reveal about continuity and change as
this population adapted to their surroundings and circumstances?
This session will explore current or recent excavations of African
descendant sites in Canada, and U.S. or Caribbean sites that have
links to Canada.
 
Bonnie Ryan
Co-Chair, GMAC
E.S. Bird Library
Syracuse University
Syracuse, N.Y. 13244
315-443-4674
315-443-9510 (fax)
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Cheryl LaRoche
10 Oaklyn Court
Potomac, MD 20854
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301-983-5297
301-983-9214(fax)
 
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Bonnie C. Ryan
Syracuse University Library
Syracuse, N.Y. 13244
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Phone: 315-443-4674
Fax: 315-443-9510