Age
8-12
Grade
4-6
Therese M. Shea
The African Burial Ground
Paperback
(Gareth Stevens Pub Jan. 1, 2017)
In 1991, preparation for the construction of a new federal office building led to a startling discovery: a skeleton. Further excavation exposed the bones of 420 men, women, and children. This area of New York had been a burial ground set aside for both free and enslaved Africans during the 1600s and 1700s. Its thought to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This noteworthy bookwhich includes sidebars, fact boxes, a timeline, and mapsfills in the gaps of history books, exposing much about what life was like in colonial New York for Africans.
- Series
- Hidden History
- ISBN
- 1482457873 / 9781482457872
- Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 2.7 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 0.2 in.
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