Parting Ways (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
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Parting Ways Archeological District
(New Guinea Settlement) Parting Ways Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Location: | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Governing body: | Local government |
| NRHP Reference#: | 79000367[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 19, 1979 |
Parting Ways was an African-American settlement of freedmen on Route 80 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, near the Plymouth/Kingston town line. Other names for Parting Ways include the Parting Ways Archeological District and the Parting Ways New Guinea Settlement.[2] It was founded on 94 acres (380,000 m2) by four former slaves who fought in the American Revolutionary War: Cato Howe, Prince Goodwin, Plato Turner, and Quamony Quash and their families. They were granted the land and their freedom by the Massachusetts courts due to their service in the war. Part of this land was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1979.
The site consists of a cemetery and the foundations of the families' houses. This site was excavated in the middle 1970s by an archaeological team headed by the late Dr. James Deetz, a professor of anthropology at Brown University and assistant director at Plimoth Plantation.
National Register listing
- Parting Ways Archeological District
- (added 1979 - District - #79000367)
- Also known as Parting Ways
- Address Restricted, Plymouth
- Historic Significance: Information Potential
- Area of Significance: Historic - Non-Aboriginal
- Cultural Affiliation: Afro-American
- Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800–1824
- Owner: Local Gov't
- Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
- Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single *Dwelling
- Current Function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture
- Current Sub-function: Museum, Underwater
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ^ The New Guinea Settlement
External links
- The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
- Parting Ways Museum of Afro-American Ethnohistory
- National Register of Historic Places
- The South Coast Media Group
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