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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shackel, Paul A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Frank, Free, > 1777-1854
Frank, Free, > 1777-1854.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Cultural pluralism.
Community life.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Cultural pluralism > Illinois > New Philadelphia > History.
Community life > Illinois > New Philadelphia > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Illinois > New Philadelphia.
Illinois > New Philadelphia.
New Philadelphia (Ill.) > Antiquities.
New Philadelphia (Ill.) > History.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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