New York African Burial Ground (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexandra M McDougle.

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. The ongoing work at the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society offers a powerful example of the complexities of Descendant Community engagement. Biological descendants of the 18th and 19th century Black Ironworkers of the Catoctin Iron Furnace in Western Maryland have recently been identified using genealogy and...