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What graveyards did you visit on vacation this summer?
Travel took me to Manhattan, Ontario, and Michigan this summer. I visited the African Burial Ground, a Colonial-era churchyard, my first Canadian cemetery, and a cemetery with one of the largest collections of private mausoleums in the United States, which … Continue reading
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Tagged African Burial Ground, Cemetery Travels Notebook, private mausoleums, travel, vacation
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Black History in American Graveyards
Lay Down Body: Living History in African American Cemeteries by Roberta Hughes Wright My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book seems to have been designed as a textbook for an African American Studies program, but that’s not a bad … Continue reading
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Tagged African American cemetery, African Burial Ground, Black History
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Not the book the African Burial Ground deserves
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was excited to find a book about Manhattan’s African Burial Ground, which I visited for the first time … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #65: the African Burial Ground
African Burial Ground National Monument Duane Street, between Broadway and African Burial Ground Way/Elk Street Manhattan, New York 10007 Telephone: (212) 637-2019 Opened to the public: October 5, 2007 Size: 6.6 acres is the estimated size of the entire burial … Continue reading
A first look at the African Burial Ground
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was excited to find a book about Manhattan’s African Burial Ground, which I visited in May 2002. At … Continue reading
