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Mary C. Beaudry wrote:
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> Dear fellow HISTARCH travelers,
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> I am posting this for a young woman, a former BU undergrad, who is now at
> Southern Illinois University (working for their contract/consultancy as
> well as on her MA, I gather). I provided her with a few ideas (e.g., check
> the SHA biblio on the African-American experience), but I am not an
> authority on the topic she finds herself investigating. If you have
> helpful suggestions, please contact her off-list, as she is not yet a
> subscriber (a condition I hope to remedy!).
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Mary B.
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> forwarded query:
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> I am currently working on a historical African-American site. It is a
> community that spans from 1830s-1925, composed of freed slaves and their
> descendants. It was established when a man from Tennessee came to Southern
> Illinois with the purpose of freeing his slaves (as it was illegal in
> Tennessee). My question is do you know if
> anyone is working (or has worked) on similar projects. I know there has
> been a lot of work done on plantation archaeology and slave quarters, but we
> are looking for free black sites both pre- and post-civil war. If you have
> any information, I would greatly appreciate any help I can get.
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> Thanks,
> Elizabeth Fuller
You could try Kenneth Feder's 'A Village of Outcasts: Historical
Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site'; Mayfield
Publishing, Mountain View CA 1993 ISBN 1-55934-255-2
This is about a project by Central Connecticut State University on a
site in Connecticut, occupied by African-Americans and Native-Americans.
Fran Kemmish
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