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Geographically and Socially on the Periphery: People of Color and their Role in Social Life in Nantucket, Massachusetts (2015)
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The Boston-Higginbotham House, located on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was constructed by Seneca Boston, an African-American former slave, and his native Wampanoag wife Thankful Micah in the 18th century. The couple's descendants continued to own and inhabit the home for more than a century until it passed to the Boston Museum of African American History. Archaeological excavations conducted by the University of Massachusetts Boston at the home in 2008 shed light on the ways...