Whither Seneca Village?
Author(s): Diana Wall; Nan Rothschild; Cynthia R. Copeland; Herbert Seignoret
Year: 2016
Summary
From its inception in 1997, the Seneca Village Project has been dedicated to the study of this 19th-century African-American community located in today’s Central Park in New York City. We made this long-term commitment because of the important contribution that we think the project can make to the larger narrative of the US experience. Seneca Village belies the conventional wisdom that there were few Africans in the north before the great migration of the 20th century, and that, before national emancipation, those few were enslaved. In fact, Seneca Villagers were free blacks, and many were members of the black middle class. Having finished excavation and analysis, we are now considering ways in which we can use our knowledge of Seneca Village for public education, through such venues as books, curricula, and exhibits. We are also exploring ways that the community can be memorialized, so that it will not be forgotten.
Cite this Record
Whither Seneca Village?. Diana Wall, Nan Rothschild, Cynthia R. Copeland, Herbert Seignoret. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434696)
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Keywords
General
African American community
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commemoration
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Public Education
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
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): 332