Breaking ground, breaking silence
by Joyce Hansen
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Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of black people in Colonial times.
CemeteriesNew YorkSlavesExcavations (Archaeology)African AmericansAntiquitiesHistoryExcavations (Archeology)FriedhofNew york (n.y.), historyAfrican americans, new york (state), new yorkAfrican americans, history, to 1863