African-American Archaeology: Newsletter of the African-American Archaeology Network Number 18, Fall 1997 John P. McCarthy, Editor Excavations at Little Africa - A Missouri Freedmen's Community Submitted by Brett Rogers, Columbia College, Columbia, Mo. In the wake of Emancipation, small African-American communities dotted the Little Dixie region of central Missouri, each a manifestation of the freed people's desire for land, economic independence, and security. One such community, com ...