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"African Burial Ground In 1991, exploratory work on a new federal building in Lower Manhattan uncovered more than 400 caskets in an unmarked cemetery. It turned out to be a former six-acre burial ground dating back to the mid-1630s—the oldest and largest of its kind in North America for both enslaved and free Africans. (An estimated 15,000 people were buried here.) The site now features a memorial, public art, and a visitor's center that delves into the history of slavery and role of Africans in early New York."

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Memorial, visitor center, exhibits, public art, history

visitor center

historical significance

educational

powerful

monument

free admission

museum

park ranger

Featured in Afar

290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007 Get directions

Wheelchair accessible entrance

Wheelchair accessible parking lot

African Burial Ground National Monument by null

African Burial Ground National Monument by Ajay Suresh/CC BY 2.0

African Burial Ground National Monument by National Park Service/Public Domain (Public Domain)

African Burial Ground National Monument by Anna Minster (Atlas Obscura User)

African Burial Ground National Monument by Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress/Public Domain

African Burial Ground National Monument by Reinhard Dietrich / Public Domain

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African Burial Ground National Monument by Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress/Public Domain

African Burial Ground National Monument by Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress/Public Domain

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