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Black Consumerism, Social Life, and a Rising Middle Class in 19th-Century New Jersey (2024)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology of Marginalization and Resilience in the Northeast", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. References to the Black community living along Dunkerhook Road in late 19th and early 20th century Bergen County, NJ newspapers often provided a narrow and paternalistic lens through which to view the community. Commonly reported were their social and church activities, and two residents of the road, Catherine...