Giving Voice to Legacy: A Successful Case Study of Descendant and Professional Collaboration in Warren County, NC
Author(s): Melissa A Timo; Maeve Herrick; Descendants of the Enslaved Community of Clearview Plantation
Year: 2022
Summary
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
In 2019, an enslaved community’s cemetery came under threat in advance of a solar farm installation. What could have ended in yet another tragedy for a traditionally African American cemetery instead instigated a local movement with the help of GPR, archaeological field work, historical research, oral histories, inclusion, and advocacy. This paper will discuss how two descendant communities, a solar company, CRM professionals, the NC Historic Preservation Office, and the NC Office of State Archaeology came together to protect and celebrate the legacy of “The Slave Cemetery at Clearview Plantation” (31WR298) and its people.
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Giving Voice to Legacy: A Successful Case Study of Descendant and Professional Collaboration in Warren County, NC. Melissa A Timo, Maeve Herrick, Descendants of the Enslaved Community of Clearview Plantation. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Philadelphia, PA. 2022 ( tDAR id: 469511)
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Keywords
General
advocacy
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African American
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GPR
Geographic Keywords
North Carolina, Southeastern US
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology