03618nam 2200697 a 450 991080710140332120220422032434.01-282-91789-797866129178990-520-94783-510.1525/9780520947832(CKB)2670000000059088(EBL)613129(OCoLC)694271120(SSID)ssj0000440146(PQKBManifestationID)11304024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440146(PQKBWorkID)10481752(PQKB)10211046(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083818(MdBmJHUP)muse30834(DE-B1597)518895(OCoLC)1110712869(DE-B1597)9780520947832(Au-PeEL)EBL613129(CaPaEBR)ebr10432604(CaONFJC)MIL291789(MiAaPQ)EBC613129(EXLCZ)99267000000005908820100518d2011 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrNew Philadelphia an archaeology of race in the heartland /Paul A. ShackelBerkeley [Calif.] University of California Pressc20111 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26630-7 0-520-26629-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Preface --Chapter 1. The Settlement of New Philadelphia --Chapter 2. Expansion and Decline --Chapter 3. It Was Never Lost --Chapter 4. From Grass Roots to a National Movement --Chapter 5. The First Field Season --Chapter 6. Race and the Illusion of Harmony --Chapter 7. The Apple Festival and National Significance --Chapter 8. Family Reunion and Division --Chapter 9. Three Generations of Building and One Hundred Years of Living in New Philadelphia --Chapter 10. A Case for Landmark Status --Chapter 11. Some Thoughts, but Not the Final Word --Appendix --References --IndexNew 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.Excavations (Archaeology)IllinoisNew PhiladelphiaCommunity lifeIllinoisNew PhiladelphiaHistoryCultural pluralismIllinoisNew PhiladelphiaHistoryNew Philadelphia (Ill.)HistoryNew Philadelphia (Ill.)AntiquitiesExcavations (Archaeology)Community lifeHistory.Cultural pluralismHistory.977.3/453Shackel Paul A1594165MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807101403321New Philadelphia3962120UNINA