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...

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...