TxDOT: Revealing African American History in the State of Texas
Author(s): Jon H Budd
Year: 2017
Summary
Over the last twenty years, the Texas Department of Transportation has conducted extensive historical and archeological research uncovering forgotten aspects of the rich cultural heritage of African Americans in Texas. This discussion touches upon major transportation undertakings where African American history was discovered and documented. These include the Ruben Hancock Site, the Freedman’s Cemetery, and the Ransom and Sarah Williams Freedman’s Homestead.
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TxDOT: Revealing African American History in the State of Texas. Jon H Budd. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435478)
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Keywords
General
Cemetery
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Historic
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Pioneer
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1849 to 1900
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): 521