Recent content by Samuel Avery-Quinn

Covering a grave with broken glass and ceramics was a common 18th/19th century practice among African and African American slaves and later black communities. If the Pine Barrens graves in question were associated with black communities, that could reflect this broader tradition. IF the...

If you're around New Brunswick, Rutgers Special Collections has the Elizabeth Kite papers, including (if I remember correctly) her autobiography. The Training School at Vineland, under Goddard, released a series of similar reports...