Links

African Systems of Meaning

1. Learn More About Black Georgetown and Yarrow Mamout.

   • Rock Creek Park Black Georgetown Self-Guided Tour
     http://www.nps.gov/rocr/olst/black.htm
   • African American Heritage Trail Database
     http://www.culturetourismdc.org/info-url3948/
     info-url_show.htm?doc_id=204996&attrib_id=7969

2. Learn More About African Americans in the Revolutionary War.

   • Public Broadcasting Service, Africans in America, Revolution
     http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html
   • The Revolution's Black Soldiers by Robert Selig
     http://www.americanrevolution.org/blk.html
     
     

Reading:

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
  • 2001 African American and American Indian Patriots of the Revolutionary War. Washington, DC Office of the Corresponding Secretary.

1. Home
2. Contents
1. Introduction
   • Contents and Expectations
   • Format
   • Navigation
   • Disclosure
   • Editorial Method
   • Internet Link Policy
2. Key Concepts
   • Who are African Americans?
   • What is ethnography?
   • What is "culture" ?
   • What are cultural resources?
   • What are "ethnographic" resources?
   • What is "heritage preservation" ?
   • What is stewardship?
   • What is the NPS Thematic Framework?
   • Self Assessment
3. Ethnographic Research Center
   • What is Ethnographic Research?
   • Why is Ethnographic Research conducted?
   • Who conducts Ethnographic Research?
   • How is it different from other Social Science Research?
   • What are Ethnographic Research methodologies?
   • How does the NPS use Ethnographic Research?
   • Who uses Ethnographic Research?
   • How does Ethnographic Research help with the preservation of Ethnographic Resources?
   • Ethics in Ethnographic Research
4. Module 1 —African Nation Founders 1500– 1799
   • Overview
   • Historic Contexts
     • Africans Before Captivity
     • Self Assessment 1
     • Exchanging People for Trade Goods
     • Why was African Heritage Lost?
     • Who were the First Africans in America?
     • The Transatlantic Slave Trade
     • Which Europeans Trafficked in Slaves?
     • Laws that Bound
     • Laws that Freed
     • Wars
     • Conclusion
     • Self Assessment 2
   • Cultural Heritage
     • Africans in Spanish America
     • Africans in the Chesapeake
     • Africans in the Low Country
     • Africans in French America
     • African Systems of Meaning
     • Africans in the Northern Colonies
   • Credits
5. Module II African Nation Builders 1800 1865
6. Module III  Lifting as We Climb  1865 1965
7. Heritage Preservation Notes
   • Who Preserves Heritage?
   • Heritage Preservation Law
   • Protecting Indigenous Peoples  Patrimony
   • Other Laws, Policies and Executive Orders
   • Ethnography and Heritage Preservation
8. Learning Resources Center
   • References
   • Glossary
   • Further Reading
   • Links
   • Image Gallery