生为奴隶，死为先驱：内森·哈里森与传说的历史考古学

内森·哈里森小屋遗址最近的惊人发现为这位前奴隶和传说中的加利福尼亚宅基地居民的生活提供了新的见解和视角。
“在许多方面，这是一个典型的美国故事，因为奴隶制是美国的故事。”Julia A.King马里兰圣玛丽学院
在美国历史上，很少有人比内森·哈里森更能体现美国梦的理想。他的故事以克服重重障碍、从无到有、坚韧不拔为突出主题。在来之不易的进步中，哈里森经历了战前南方奴隶制的恐怖，忍受了加利福尼亚淘金热的狂热，并在荒野西部崎岖的混乱中获得了成功。
从介绍开始
根据几十个记录，哈里森经常用开场白的俏皮话来迎接来到他位于南加州偏远山坡上的庄园的游客，“我是N―r内特，山上的第一个白人。”这是迄今为止所有广泛的哈里森传说中最常见的直接引用。如果有可能克服当今对煽动性种族称谓的震惊和愤怒，人们可以开始语境化并欣赏哈里森在这篇深刻的声明中使用的讽刺幽默、种族洞察力和双重身份。
Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer: Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend
Spectacular recent discoveries from the Nathan Harrison cabin site offer new insights and perspectives into the life of this former slave and legendary California homesteader.
“In many ways, it is a quintessential American story because of the fact that slavery was the American story.”―Julia A. King, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Few people in the history of the United States embody ideals of the American Dream more than Nathan Harrison. His is a story with prominent themes of overcoming staggering obstacles, forging something-from-nothing, and evincing gritty perseverance. In a lifetime of hard-won progress, Harrison survived the horrors of slavery in the Antebellum South, endured the mania of the California Gold Rush, and prospered in the rugged chaos of the Wild West.
From the introduction
According to dozens of accounts, Harrison would routinely greet visitors to his remote Southern California hillside property with the introductory quip, “I’m N――r Nate, the first white man on the mountain.” This is by far the most common direct quote in all of the extensive Harrison lore. If it is possible to get past current-day shock and outrage over the inflammatory racial epithet, one can begin to contextualize and appreciate the ironic humor, ethnic insight, and dualistically crafted identities Harrison employed in this profound statement.

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