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Breaking ground, breaking silence : the story of New York's African burial ground Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UNY F 128.39 .H36 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hansen, Joyce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New York (N.Y.)--Antiquities.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Enslaved persons--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- African Americans.
- Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Cemeteries.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--New York (State)--New York.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- African Americans--History.
- Enslaved persons--History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 130 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt, 1998.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]) and index.
- Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1999.
- ISBN:
- 0805050124 (alk. paper)
- 9780805050127 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 36954563
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