African American Burials and Memorials in Colonial Williamsburg

Author(s): Ywone Edwards-Ingram

Year: 2016

Summary

This paper discusses archaeological findings within Colonial Williamsburg and explores factors that have influenced ways of knowing about eighteenth-century burial sites of African-descendant individuals and groups in Williamsburg, Virginia.  While the emphasis is on the colonial era, some attention is given to the nineteenth century and the more visible commemorations of the dead relating to this period.   The aim is to discuss burials and commemorative practices of enslaved and free blacks and highlight the complexities of representing the past in the historic landscape of this reconstructed-colonial capital town. 

Cite this Record

African American Burials and Memorials in Colonial Williamsburg. Ywone Edwards-Ingram. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434244)

Keywords

Temporal Keywords
Colonial

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 326