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From Oral Histories to Artifacts: An Uncommon Story of Emancipation and Freedom in Tablertown, Southeastern Ohio (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Michael Tabler, a white former slave owner escaped to southeastern Ohio with his wife Hannah and their six adult children in the early 1830s. All were former slaves that he emancipated due to the “affection he had for them.” Purchasing a mill, they settled into a community later known as "Tablertown." Over time, others of mixed...