African Reflections on the American Landscape: identifying and interpreting Africanisms

by Brian D. Joyner

PDF, 2003

Publication

National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2003

Notes

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/upload/Africanisms.pdf

CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Acknowledgments
1 Africa in America: An Introduction
What are Africanisms? -- Scholarship on Africanisms -- African Dispersal and the African Diaspora -- Africans in America -- The Significance of Place

2 Identifying and Documenting
Africanisms on the American Landscape -- The National Register of Historic Places -- Congo Square -- Smoketown Historic District -- Christiansted Historic District -- National Historic Landmarks -- African Burial Ground Complex -- Stono River Slave Rebellion Site -- Historic American Buildings Survey -- African Baptist Society Church -- Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation -- Places of Cultural Memory Conference -- “Interwoven Traditions: Archaeology of the Conjurer’s Cabins and the African American Cemetery at the Jordan and Frogmore Manor Plantations” -- “Africanisms Upon the Land: A Study of African Influenced Place Names of the USA” -- Conclusion

3 Interpreting African Cultural Heritage at Historic Sites........................................... 39
Gullah/Geechee Culture -- Teaching with Historic Places: “When Rice Was King” -- Shotgun Houses at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site -- Parting Ways Archeological District -- Zion Poplars Baptist Church - Poplar Forest Archeological Research -- Conclusion

4 Appendix
Bibliography
Africanisms in National Park Service Cultural Resources Programs
Index
Illustrations and Tables
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