Title: The African Burial Ground in New York City : memory, spirituality, and space /
Authors: Frohne, Andrea E., 1969-
Year: 2015
Subjects: African Burial Ground (New York, N.Y.); African Burial Ground (New York, N.Y.); Slave cemeteries New York (State) New York.; African American cemeteries New York (State) New York.; Sacred space New York (State) New York.; Spirituality New York (State) New York.; Memory Social aspects New York (State) New York.; Slaves New York (State) New York History.; African Americans New York (State) New York Antiquities.; Excavations (Archaeology) New York (State) New York.; African American cemeteries.; African Americans Antiquities.; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Memory Social aspects; Sacred space; Slave cemeteries; Slaves; Spirituality; New York (N.Y.) Antiquities.; New York (State) New York
Abstract: "'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"--From publisher's website.
Contents: Colonial prints and civic cartographies -- Ownership disputes, land surveys, and urban developments -- Burying the dead : skeletal and archaeological analyses -- Contemporary politics and grassroots efforts -- Early commemorative artworks, 1992-1995 : African-based spirituality -- Late commemorative artworks, 1998-2007 : Pan-African arts and the body politic -- Appendix: African Burial Ground final reports -- Chronology of contemporary political events.