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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology, Activism, and Protest", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The activist roots of North Brentwood, Maryland, were planted by its founders. The Randall Family purchased the first lot in 1891 to dodge the racial housing covenants that were spreading through neighboring developments. Decades later, North Brentwood became the first incorporated Black town in Washington D.C.’s metropolitan area, and the...
The Material Implications of Nested Black Sovereignties: The Case of North Brentwood (2025)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The United States was founded on a principle of Dual Sovereignty, State and Federal. State Governments then ceded some sovereign rights to counties and municipalities. These jurisdictions are made up of privately-owned properties and buildings that come with their own sets of rights. This results in a system of nested...