Mid-Atlantic, New Jersey (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cristina Ottey. Emma Gilheany. Megan Hicks. Eric Johnson. Christopher N. Matthews.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "African American Voices In The Mid-Atlantic: Archaeology Of Elusive Freedom, Enslavement, And Rebellion" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Founded by formerly enslaved Africans, the Dunkerhook community grew to be a thriving enclave of free people of color from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. This paper will recount the historical significance of Dunkerhook as well as findings from a recent...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sasha K. Thompson. Emma Gilheany. Megan Hicks. Eric D. Johnson. Christopher N. Matthews.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "African American Voices In The Mid-Atlantic: Archaeology Of Elusive Freedom, Enslavement, And Rebellion" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the mid-19th century, formerly enslaved Africans founded an emergent locality at Dunkerhook, establishing a community of their own. The community flourished an African- American occupancy in the area continued to expand into the early 20th century. Recent archaeological...