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.
See Andrea E. Frohne, Associate Professor of African Art History at Ohio University discuss this political battle as well as her book on the African American burial ground within the context of the history of enslaved Africans in New York.
“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
Grand Central Library
135 East 46th Street
New York, NY, 10017
(212) 621-067
When: Thu., Feb. 21, 2019 at 6:00 pm
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.
See Andrea E. Frohne, Associate Professor of African Art History at Ohio University discuss this political battle as well as her book on the African American burial ground within the context of the history of enslaved Africans in New York.
“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
Grand Central Library
135 East 46th Street
New York, NY, 10017
(212) 621-067
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