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African Burial Ground National Monument Ethnographic Overview and Assessment

Author: Dána-Ain Davis
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Category : African American cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 397

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African Burial Ground National Monument Ethnographic Overview and Assessment

Author: Dána-Ain Davis
Publisher:
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Category : African American cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 397

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African Burial Ground, National Monument, New York, 2010

Author: United States. National Park Service
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Languages : en
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African Burial Ground, National Monument New York, 2014

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Languages : en
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The African Burial Ground

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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
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In 1991, the remains of more than 400 17th and 18th century Africans were discovered during pre-construction work for a federal building in New York City. The finding deeply impacted the descendant and broader community and, at the same time, renewed awareness in cultural significance and historic preservation. President George W. Bush designated the African Burial Ground a National Monument in February, 2006. The African Burial Ground National Monument is located at the corners of Duane and Elk Streets in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway. This website provides electronic copies of all three component reports--the African Burial Ground Final History Report, the African Burial Ground Final Skeletal Biology Report, and the African Burial Ground Final Archaeology Report. The reports present the results of three separate but complementary avenues of research and analysis--historical, bioanthropological, and archaeological.

African Burial Ground

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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
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The African Burial Ground in New York City

Author: Andrea E. Frohne
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815634307
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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In 1991, archaeologists in lower Manhattan unearthed a stunning discovery. Buried for more than 200 years was a communal cemetery containing the remains of up to 20,000 people. At roughly 6.6 acres, the African Burial Ground is the largest and earliest known burial space of African descendants in North America. In the years that followed its discovery, citizens and activists fought tirelessly to demand respectful treatment of eighteenth-century funerary remains and sacred ancestors. After more than a decade of political battle—on local and national levels—and scientific research at Howard University, the remains were eventually reburied on the site in 2003. Capturing the varied perspectives and the emotional tenor of the time, Frohne narrates the story of the African Burial Ground and the controversies surrounding urban commemoration. She analyzes both its colonial and contemporary representations, drawing on colonial era maps, prints, and land surveys to illuminate the forgotten and hidden visual histories of a mostly enslaved population buried in the African Burial Ground. Tracing the history and identity of the area from a forgotten site to a contested and negotiated space, Frohne situates the burial ground within the context of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century race relations in New York City to reveal its enduring presence as a spiritual place.