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Author Knoblock, Glenn A., author.

Title African American historic burial grounds and gravesites of New England / Glenn A. Knoblock.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.896 KNO    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  929.5 K72A    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  GENEALOGY 929.5 KN    Check Shelf
Description x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311) and index.
Contents Part I. African American life and funerary customs in New England -- The enslaved in colonial New England -- The free Black experience in New England -- African American funeral and burial customs -- Together yet separate; characteristics of African American burial sites -- African American grave markers -- Preservation challenges and recovery and remembrance initiatives -- Part II. Significant African American burial sites -- Connecticut -- Rhode Island -- Massachusetts -- New Hampshire -- Vermont -- Maine.
Summary "This unique work covers the burial sites of African Americans--both enslaved and free--in each of the New England states, and uncovers how they came to their final resting places. The author's examination of burial sites and grave markers reveals clues that help document the lives of black New Englanders from the 1640s to the early 1900s"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject African Americans -- New England -- History.
African American cemeteries -- New England -- Guidebooks.
African Americans -- New England -- Biography.
New England -- Guidebooks.
African American cemeteries. (OCoLC)fst01744814
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780786470112 (softcover) (alkaline paper)
0786470119 (softcover) (alkaline paper)
9781476620428 (ebook)
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