The Materiality of Freedom

Uses the lens of archaeology to provide original perspectives on the painful Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras by studying the material culture inherent in the struggles for racial equality in America and the Caribbean. Building on the body of literature on African American archaeology, the twenty-two contributors to this volume use historical records, maps, and artefacts to examine the material-culture dimensions of churches, cemeteries, plantations, communities, neighbourhoods, and towns.