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A tale of two tunnels

Memory, archaeology, and the Underground Railroad

James A. Delle

Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA, delle{at}kutztown.edu

The Underground Railroad is a widely known but generally misunderstood historical phenomenon that has recently become a focus of much scholarly and popular attention. To understand the Underground Railroad and the ways it is currently remembered, it is perhaps best to consider it as a simultaneous manifestation of public memory, social memory, and social myth. In examining these processes of collective memorialization, two archaeological sites thought to relate to the Underground Railroad in eastern Pennsylvania — the Parvin Homestead in Berks County, and the Thaddeus Stevens House in Lancaster County — and a planned museum of Thaddeus Stevens and the Underground Railroad are considered.

Key Words: historical archaeology • public memory • Underground Railroad

Journal of Social Archaeology, Vol. 8, No. 1, 63-93 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1469605307086078
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