2, 841 united states military casualties were buried at the african burial ground.
2, 841 united states military casualties were buried at the african burial ground.
who was buried at the african burial ground?
2, 841 united states military casualties
african burial ground national monument is a monument at duane street and african burial ground way (elk street) in the civic center section of lower manhattan, new york city. its main building is the ted weiss federal building at 290 broadway. the site contains the remains of more than 419 africans buried during the late 17th and 18th centuries in a portion of what was the largest colonial-era cemetery for people of african descent, some free, most enslaved. historians estimate there may have been as many as 10,000–20,000 burials in what was called the "negroes burial ground" in the 1700s. the five to six acre site's excavation and study was called "the most important historic urban archaeological project in the united states." the burial ground site is new york's earliest known african-american "cemetery"; studies show an estimated 15,000 african american people were buried here.
african burial ground national monument
bullet::::- blakey, m.l. 1997. "the new york african burial ground project: an examination of enslaved lives, a construction of ancestral ties," briefing prepared for the sub-commission on prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities commission on human rights, united nations. delivered at the palais des nations, geneva switzerland, 19 august.









































bullet::::- blakely, m.l. 1996. "howard university research reaches a new plateau," "newsletter of the african burial ground and five points archaeological project," 1 (10):3–7.









































bullet::::- epperson, t.w. 1997. "the politics of "race" and cultural identity at the african burial ground excavations, new york city," "world archaeological bulletin," 7:108–117.
african burial ground national monument