Breaking ground, breaking silence

By Joyce Hansen

Subjects: African americans, history, to 1863, Blacks, history, Antiquities, African Americans, Excavations (Archeology), Cemeteries, New York, Friedhof, New york (n.y.), history, African americans, new york (state), new york, Slaves, History, Excavations (Archaeology)

Description: 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.