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- New Philadelphia: An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new—and integrated—community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his family out of slavery. The town population reached 160, but declined when the railroad bypassed it. By 1940 New Philadelphia had virtually disappeared from the landscape. In this book, Paul A. Shackel resurrects McWorter’s great achievement of self-determinism, independence, and the will to exist. Shackel describes a cooperative effort by two universities, the state museum, the New Philadelphia Association, and numerous descendents to explore the history and archaeology of this unusual multi-racial community.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. xi-xiv
- 2. Expansion and Decline
- pp. 16-29
- 3. It Was Never Lost
- pp. 30-45
- 5. The First Field Season
- pp. 59-74
- 6. Race and the Illusion of Harmony
- pp. 75-91
- 8. Family Reunion and Division
- pp. 110-124
- 10. A Case for Landmark Status
- pp. 151-167
- 11. Some Thoughts, but Not the Final Word
- pp. 168-182
- References
- pp. 189-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520947832
Related ISBN(s)
9780520266308
MARC Record
OCLC
694271120
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No