Ferguson, Leland. <br/><br/>
God's fields  landscape, religion, and race in Moravian Wachovia /  [electronic resource] : 
Leland Ferguson. 
 - Gainesville :  University Press of Florida,  2011. 
 - 1 online resource (276 p.) 
 - Cultural heritage studies .
 - Cultural heritage studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index. 
<br/><br/>A beginning -- St. Philips archaeology -- A unity of brethren -- Landscape and piety -- A town built upon a hillside -- Strangers in the land -- "A suitable quarter" -- A disunity of brethren (with Michele Hughes) -- Grave stories -- "To be reconciled" -- Appendix A. St. Philips Church joins Salem Congregation -- Appendix B. Burials in the Salem Strangers' parish God's acre -- Appendix C. Burials in the African American graveyard. 
<br/><br/> Leland Ferguson's work reconstructing this "secret history" through years of archaeological fieldwork was part of a historical preservation program that helped convince the Moravian Church in North America to formally apologize in 2006 for its participation in slavery and clear a way for racial reconciliation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813040592 (electronic bk.) 0813040590 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Moravian Church--History.--North Carolina--Winston-Salem
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Moravians--History.--North Carolina--Winston-Salem<br/>African Americans--History.--North Carolina--Winston-Salem<br/>Slavery--Religious aspects.<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--North Carolina--Winston-Salem.<br/>Slavery--History.--North Carolina<br/>African Americans--Winston-Salem--History.--North Carolina<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Winston-Salem.--North Carolina<br/>Moravian Church--Winston-Salem--History.--North Carolina<br/>Moravians--Winston-Salem--History.--North Carolina<br/>North Carolina--Race relations.<br/>Salem (Winston-Salem, N.C.)--Antiquities.<br/>Salem (Winston-Salem, N.C.)--Church history.<br/>Slavery--History.--North Carolina<br/>Slavery--Religious aspects--Moravian Church.<br/>Religion.<br/>RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Salem (Winston-Salem, N.C.)--Church history.<br/>Salem (Winston-Salem, N.C.)--Antiquities.<br/>North Carolina--Race relations.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8568.W5  / F47 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>284.675667