New Philadelphia : an archaeology of race in the heartland /

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New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new--and integrated--community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his fami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shackel, Paul A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Frank, Free, > 1777-1854.
Frank, Free, > 1777-1854
Excavations (Archaeology) > Illinois > New Philadelphia.
Community life > Illinois > New Philadelphia > History.
Cultural pluralism > Illinois > New Philadelphia > History.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Antiquities
Community life
Cultural pluralism
Excavations (Archaeology)
New Philadelphia (Ill.) > History.
New Philadelphia (Ill.) > Antiquities.
Illinois > New Philadelphia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The settlement of New Philadelphia
  • Expansion and decline
  • It was never lost
  • From grass roots to a national movement
  • The first field season
  • Race and the illusion of harmony
  • The Apple Festival and national significance
  • Family reunion and division
  • Three generations of building and one hundred years of living in New Philadelphia
  • A case for landmark status
  • Some thoughts, but not the final word.

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