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Also unearthed were a bronze ladle, nine amphorae, which were popular food containers in Roman times, a couple of flasks and a ceramic oil container. A lot of people think about the Great Migration of the 20th Century is when African Americans came up from the South, but in fact, it started as early as the 1830s, said Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes.
One of Peter Crippen s descendants actually walked through the area yesterday with the archaeologists and gave them a memory map, for guidance in the dig. Archaeology is an interesting way of telling the lived experience of people whose stories may have been left out, or incorrectly told in historical record, said archaeologist Dr. Allison McGovern.
I felt that s terrible, there s so much African-American history in this building, Manes said.
Archaeologist Allison McGovern has been sifting through the dirt for clues into how one of the town s first African-American families may have lived. She said she has found artifacts from a soil deposit that dates back to the 19th century, when Crippen and his family would ve owned the home.
Officials also want to hire an engineer to see if any of the original Crippen home can be restored. This is worth looking into, he made a real contribution during a time when African-Americans had it extremely difficult, said Rev. Gloria Artis, of the African-American Designation Council.