Forgotten bones
Subtitle: uncovering a slave cemetery
By: Lois Miner Huey
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group; Millbrook Pr Trade
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781467733939
Subjects: Human remains (Archaeology); Juvenile literature; Tombs; Antiquities; African American cemeteries; Cemeteries; Slaves; Slave cemeteries; African Americans
Description: When a skeleton's head rolled off a dirt pile, all work came to a halt at a construction project in upstate New York. Archaeologists began excavating and found thirteen skeletons. Further investigation revealed that the bones were those of eighteenth-century African American slaves who had worked at the nearby Schuyler farm. Find out what these skeletons tell us about slavery and daily life long ago. Bibliography, Full-Color Photographs, Glossary, Maps, Photo Captions, Timeline, Websites.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Underground history : enslavement in the North; title: The African-American cemetery near Albany, New York : discovery; title: The African-American cemetery in New Hampshire : discovery; title: The New York City Burial Ground : discovery; title: What the skeletons have taught us.