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The archaeology of northern slavery and freedom / James A. Delle ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney

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Delle, James A.
Published
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2019.
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©2019
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1 online resource
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Nassaney, Michael S.
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Contents
Introduction -- The problem of northern slavery -- Slavery, freedom, archaeology -- The history of slavery in the "free" states -- Bondage -- The archaeology of bondage in the northern states -- Rose Hill: archeology at a Finger Lakes plantation -- Struggle -- Archaeology and the struggle for freedom -- The Parker House: an archaeology of armed resistance -- Liberty -- The problem of northern freedom -- Mrs. Smith's house -- Conclusion.
Summary
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 communities all their own and actively resisted the institution as a whole. The newest volume proposed for inclusion in the American Experience in Archaeological Perspective series, written by one of the leading scholars in the field of African Diaspora archaeology, is a synthetic analysis of recently published work on the subject (although no monograph exists on northern slavery). This volume provides a new perspective on the intricate connection between slavery and freedom in the United States. As Delle argues, scholars cannot understand slavery "in the absence of freedom."
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9780813057132 (electronic bk.)
0813057132 (electronic bk.)
9780813056364
0813056365
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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