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A biohistory of 19th-century Afro-Americans : the burial remains of a Philadelphia cemetery / Lesley M. Rankin-Hill.
- Title
- A biohistory of 19th-century Afro-Americans : the burial remains of a Philadelphia cemetery / Lesley M. Rankin-Hill.
- Author
- Rankin-Hill, Lesley M.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1997.
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- Description
- xvi, 203 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Biohistory of nineteenth-century Afro-Americans
- Subject
- First African Baptist Church Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- 1800-1899
- African Americans > Philadelphia > History > 19th century
- African Americans > Philadelphia > Antiquities
- Human remains (Archaeology) > Philadelphia
- Black People > history
- Cause of Death > history
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > History
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Antiquities
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. In Search of the Invisible People: Methods and Materials -- 3. The Philadelphia Afro-American Community -- 4. Mortality and Health in Early Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia -- 5. The Story the Skeletons Tell -- 6. The FABC Cemetery Population: A Biocultural View -- App. A. First African Baptist Church Cemetery Inventory as Prepared by J.O. Kelley 1988 -- App. B. Partial Interment Record, First African Baptist Church (ca. 1825-1842).
- ISBN
- 0897894359 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^96007172^//r96
- OCLC
- 34319201
- SCSB-13232149
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library