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
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index
