The African Burial Ground in New York City : memory, spirituality, and space / Andrea E. Frohne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frohne, Andrea E., 1969- author.

Series:

New York State Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--New York (State)--New York--History.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Antiquities.

African Americans.

Excavations (Archaeology)--New York (State)--New York.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Slave cemeteries--New York (State)--New York.

Slave cemeteries.

African American cemeteries--New York (State)--New York.

African American cemeteries.

Sacred space--New York (State)--New York.

Sacred space.

Spirituality--New York (State)--New York.

Spirituality.

Memory--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.

Memory.

New York (N.Y.)--Antiquities.

New York (N.Y.).

African Burial Ground (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"'This book is of real importance. Frohne has drawn together all of the information about the African American burial ground in one place and analyzed it within the context of the history of enslaved Africans in New York"--Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, director and Distinguished Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta; 'A timely addition to the scant literature about a well-known but understudied aspect of African American history in early New York City"--Graham Hodges, professor of history and Africana and Latin American studies, Colgate University"--From publisher's website.

Contents:

Colonial prints and civic cartographies

Ownership disputes, land surveys, and urban developments

Burying the dead : skeletal and archaeological analyses

Contemporary politics and grassroots efforts

Early commemorative artworks, 1992-1995 : African-based spirituality

Late commemorative artworks, 1998-2007 : Pan-African arts and the body politic

Appendix: African Burial Ground final reports

Chronology of contemporary political events.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815653271

0815653271

OCLC:

928807912