Topographic, Pedestrian, and Geophysical Surveys of a Freed African-American Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina

Wall, John; Bohnenstiehl, D. R.; Levine, Norman; Millhauser, John K.; McGill, Dru

doi:10.1130/abs/2016am-287197

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“…Prior to our investigations, the FOV knew who was buried in the cemetery based on oral histories, what they read from the remaining monuments, and incomplete prior surveys. We have provided additional information about the number of graves on the property based on surface survey for grave markers, topographic mapping of sunken graves with terrestrial LiDAR, and ground‐penetrating radar for unmarked graves (Wall et al ). Prior to our investigations, oral histories noted that perhaps six hundred individuals were buried in Oberlin Cemetery, though there were fewer than two hundred known grave markers.…”

Section: Accumulating and Composing Wealth In People At Oberlin Cemeterymentioning

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Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

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In its origins as a concept, wealth in people depended on the circulation and accumulation of rights and obligations among and over the living. But if a person is a source of wealth, what happens when the person dies? Would the person be excised from the relationships upon which wealth in people depends, or might his or her wealth remain accessible to the living? To address this question, we present the case of Oberlin Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina. The cemetery was the core of Oberlin Village, a freedperson's African American community founded in the mid-nineteenth century. Today, development threatens historic resources surrounding the cemetery, but a community organization founded by descendants and neighbors has emerged to preserve and promote their heritage. We are a group of anthropologists, geologists, and historians who live and work near Oberlin Village and who collaborate to help this organization achieve its goals. Here we report how our efforts to document the cemetery's history have bolstered their advocacy and validated their claims to wealth in the people buried there. Thus we show how wealth in people extends to the dead when graves and the people within them are potent sources of value for the living.

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Section: Accumulating and Composing Wealth In People At Oberlin Cemeterymentioning

confidence: 99%

Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

McGill

Millhauser

McGill

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Economic Anthropology

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Topographic, Pedestrian, and Geophysical Surveys of a Freed African-American Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina

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Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

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