Black Displacement (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Herbert Seignoret. Cynthia Copeland.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Centuries before the first free-Black settlement on Manhattan Island known as Seneca Village was recorded, the Lenape people laid claim to that central spot. In addition to what has been referred to as Manahatta the indigenous civilization called the larger encompassing landmass Lenapehoking. Before and after European contact,...