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The African Burial Ground in New York City : memory, spirituality, and space
\"'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.
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The African Burial Ground in New York City
In 1991, archaeologists in lower Manhattan unearthed a stunning discovery.Buried for more than 200 years was a communal cemetery containing the remainsof up to 20,000 people.At roughly 6.6 acres, the African Burial Ground is the largest and earliestknown burial space of African descendants in North America. In the years thatfollowed its discovery, citizens and activists fought tirelessly to demand respectfultreatment of eighteenth-century funerary remains and sacred ancestors. Aftermore than a decade of political battle-on local and national levels-and scientificresearch at Howard University, the remains were eventually reburied on the sitein 2003.Capturing the varied perspectives and the emotional tenor of the time, Frohnenarrates the story of the African Burial Ground and the controversies surroundingurban commemoration. She analyzes both its colonial and contemporary representations,drawing on colonial-era maps, prints, and land surveys to illuminatethe forgotten and hidden visual histories of a mostly enslaved population buriedin the African Burial Ground. Today, personal offerings and commemorative artworks,many of which incorporate traditional African and diasporic arts andreligions, pay tribute to the ancestors and the sacred space. Tracing the historyand identity of the area from a forgotten site to a contested and negotiated space,Frohne situates the burial ground within the context of late twentieth- and earlytwenty-first-century race relations in New York City to reveal its enduring presenceas a spiritual place. Finally, she illustrates visually, spiritually, and spatiallythe historic and contemporary formation of a New York City African diaspora inrelation to the African Burial Ground.
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