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“Demanding a Share of Public Regard”: African American Education at New Philadelphia, Illinois

Agbe‐Davies, Anna S., Martin, Claire Fuller·2013·Transforming Anthropology
DOI 10.1111/traa.12014
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New Philadelphia, Illinois, is thought to be the first town in the US formally established by an African American. Among founder “Free Frank” McWorter's priorities was that members of his family attend school, years before state law supported education for children not classified as “white.” It is well established that a later schoolhouse, built around 1874, was racially integrated. However, conflicting interpretations of available evidence, such as oral histories and written reminiscences, raise questions about the way in which the earliest schools served the African American and European American families of the town. The authors use archaeological and documentary evidence to search for the location of the schoolhouse and reveal how residents of this multiracial town challenged prevailing norms of common school education. The written and material traces are faint, but qualitative and quantitative analyses of the available materials demonstrate the school's significance for the residents of this community on the Midwestern frontier.

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Authors
Agbe‐Davies, A. S., & Martin, C. F.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Illinois State Museum (US)
Corresponding author
Agbe‐Davies, Anna S.
Venue
Transforming Anthropology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2013-10-01
Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
103-121
ISSN
  • 1051-0559 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7466
DOI
10.1111/traa.12014
OpenAlex
W2021765593
Cited by
9
References
25
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
1.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Transforming Anthropology (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Historical Education Studies Worldwide
Keywords
African American education, racial integration, common schools, frontier education, oral history

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