African Burial Ground

While preparing to build a building, in Lower Manhattan, a group of construction workers found bones in the ground. These were the bones of slaves, Slaves from the 17^th and 18^th century. Long ago this once was the sacred burial ground of freed and non-free slaves.

Dr. Mark E Mack presented this lecture topic to us, He first began to tell us, upon the discovery of these bones, the government tried to keep it a secret. However, someone on the inside began to inform Black news stations, magazines and papers. Once word got out, people started to rally to cease construction of the new building. The students and workers from Howard University took upon the task of unearthing the remains of the slaves. They uncovered over 400 skeletal remains

While excavating at the sight, they learned that the African slaves kept their burial traditions they had when  they were in Africa, some were buried with jewelry, head and body wraps, and some were even buries with their children. Now the site is now a museum dedicated to the lives of who once were buried there.