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The African Burial Ground is the name of a surprise discovery in 1991 of hundreds of bones of African slaves in Manhattan. These slaves had been badly mistreated and exploited to build New York City.  Their bones "tell[] a little-known story of early New York."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9802/12/t_t/burial.ground/</ref>
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African Burial Ground is a grave containing the bones of hundreds of enslaved Africans that was discovered in 1991 in [[Manhattan]]. According to CNN, the bones "tell a little-known story of early New York," and of the role of slavery in the building of the city. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9802/12/t_t/burial.ground/</ref>
  
Though located in lower Manhattan adjacent to the Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway, and designated as a federal landmark, there is little publicity about this evidence how New York City exploited African slaves in creating itse wealth.<ref>http://www.africanburialground.gov/ABG_Main.htm</ref>
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Though located in lower Manhattan adjacent to the Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway, and designated as a federal landmark, the Burial Ground remains, as does the role of slavery, a more obscure part of New York's history.<ref>http://www.africanburialground.gov/ABG_Main.htm</ref>
  
 
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== References ==

Revision as of 02:04, July 13, 2007

African Burial Ground is a grave containing the bones of hundreds of enslaved Africans that was discovered in 1991 in Manhattan. According to CNN, the bones "tell a little-known story of early New York," and of the role of slavery in the building of the city. [1]

Though located in lower Manhattan adjacent to the Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway, and designated as a federal landmark, the Burial Ground remains, as does the role of slavery, a more obscure part of New York's history.[2]

References

  1. http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9802/12/t_t/burial.ground/
  2. http://www.africanburialground.gov/ABG_Main.htm