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The archaeology of race and class at Timbuctoo : a Black community in New Jersey / Christopher P. Barton ; foreword by Guy Weston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barton, Christopher P., 1983- author.
- Series:
- Florida scholarship online.
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--New Jersey--Timbuctoo--History.
- African Americans.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--New Jersey--Timbuctoo.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Timbuctoo (N.J.)--History.
- Timbuctoo (N.J.).
- Timbuctoo (N.J.)--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2022]
- Summary:
- 'The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo' is the first book to examine the historic Black community of Timbuctoo, New Jersey, which was founded in 1826 by formerly enslaved migrants from Maryland and served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. In collaboration with descendants and community members, Christopher Barton explores the intersectionality of life at Timbuctoo and the ways Black residents resisted the marginalizing structures of race and class. Despite some support from local Quaker abolitionists, the people of Timbuctoo endured strained relationships with neighbouring white communities, clashes with slavecatchers, and hostilities from the Ku Klux Klan. Through a multi-scalar approach that ranges from landscape archaeology and settlement patterns to analysis of consumer artifacts, this book demonstrates how residents persevered to construct their own identities.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Intersectionality of Race and Class
- History of Timbuctoo
- The Landscapes of Timbuctoo
- The Davis Home
- Food, Strife, and Preservation
- Display and Desire
- Conclusion
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Barton, Christopher P. The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-7291-3
- 0-8130-6732-4
- 0-8130-7004-X
- OCLC:
- 1268121253
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