Students Preserve an Emancipation Site with Archaeological Technology

Autor/in	LaRue, Paul
Titel	Students Preserve an Emancipation Site with Archaeological Technology
Quelle	In: Social Education, 74 (2010) 2, S.58-60 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	African American History; Local History; Heritage Education; Historic Sites; Cultural Maintenance; Slavery; Freedom; Educational Benefits; Field Studies; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ortsgeschichte; Historische Stätte; Sklaverei; Freiheit; Bildungsertrag; Praxisforschung
Abstract	Samuel Gist was a wealthy British merchant who, toward the end of his life, lived in England, but owned a considerable amount of land with a large number of slaves in America. Upon his death in 1815, his will specified that within one year his slaves should be emancipated, and his estate was to provide them with a new beginning in the form of houses, churches, and schools. Because freed slaves were not allowed to live in Virginia, the Gist estate purchased land in Ohio. One of the tracts purchased in the 1830s was located in Highland County, Ohio, and it is the last surviving tract of land today. In the author's years of teaching, he has observed how much students enjoy working with archeology and technology. In this article, he describes how his history classes at Washington Senior High in rural southern Ohio were able to incorporate both to help preserve the story of the Gist Settlement, a vanishing treasure hidden in plain sight among the farm fields of their state. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10