• Newburgh Colored Burial Ground is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Newburgh in Orange County, New York. (wikipedia.org)
  • The cemetery was used as a burial ground for African slaves who died in slave markets during 1769-1830. (cdc.gov)
  • Maps of the town of Flatbush in the 19th century designated that general area as the "Negro Burial Ground" - a cemetery segregated from the churchyard behind the nearby Flatbush Reformed Church, which remains well maintained with rows of gravestones to this day. (brooklynpaper.com)
  • The name Tiong Bahru actually means 'new cemetery' - Tiong means 'end' in the Chinese Hokkien dialect, and bahru means 'new' in Malay - because it used to be a burial ground. (visitsingapore.com)
  • The other side - including Queen Village Neighbors Association, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church and descendants of Richard Allen - says the playground should be renovated and the building used to teach the history of the cemetery and life in Philadelphia in the 19th century. (inquirer.com)
  • From the colonial New England burial grounds of the 16 & 1700s, through the nation-wide rural cemetery movement of the 19th century and into 21st century locations, the program examines why we have cemeteries and gravestones, why they look like they do and how styles and art have evolved over almost 400 years. (kings-chapel.org)
  • A key part of Eden's story, and why it is such a powerhouse of achievement over centuries, is its role as the top "collector cemetery" for earlier Black burial grounds that had been condemned. (whyy.org)
  • Dating back to the 1840's, the Philips-Craig Swamp Cemetery was a community burial ground for the old Philips settlement originally located along both sides of Old Kings Road (St. Augustine Road). (wikitree.com)
  • His vocabulary included words such as "t'aint" and "t'was" and, at his burial within the Town Farm cemetery on Nov. 9, 1890, hardly anyone came to mourn. (cranstononline.com)
  • As well as this, you may discover news surrounding the Catholic appropriation of church and cemetery grounds in the 18th and 19th centuries. (findmypast.co.uk)
  • While some would eventually gain their freedom, many ended up in the same place - God's Little Acre Cemetery in Newport, the biggest African burial ground in the United States. (wpri.com)
  • Each cemetery then has its own page which contains the cemetery's location, list of recorded burials, pictures, history, bits of biographies, and highlighted pre-Civil War veterans. (cemeteries-madison-co-in.com)
  • This section highlights the mid 20th century efforts--before protective state laws were passed--of the Madison County Historical Society's Cemetery Conditions Committee to find and record all cemeteries in the county and to transcribe their grave markers. (cemeteries-madison-co-in.com)
  • The Madison County Cemetery Commission is a legal county entity designed to assist township trustees with their responsibilities in regard to old and abandoned or relinquished burial grounds. (cemeteries-madison-co-in.com)
  • Tiong Bahru (translation: "new cemetery") is a 19th century burial ground-turned residential housing estate in which you can find artisanal cafes, independent lifestyle stores, and trendy restaurants. (cnnphilippines.com)
  • The district consists of an archaeological site for a 19th-century burial ground containing approximately 100 graves located on the west and northwest sides of the Newburgh City Courthouse, possibly extending under adjacent Robinson Avenue. (wikipedia.org)
  • Very little undisturbed ground was excavated, and the works did not impact on any archaeological features. (highland.gov.uk)
  • UCT has begun archaeological investigations in the area of the Rustenburg Burial Ground, adjacent to and beneath All Africa House, built in 1996 before the burial ground was identified. (uct.ac.za)
  • Many of these were uncovered as part of HS2 archaeological excavations at St James's Burial Ground, near Euston. (molaheadland.com)
  • Archaeological work completed adjacent to Tweed Courthouse in City Hall Park uncovered many archaeological resources dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. (cityofnewyork.us)
  • Individual strata, burials and finds are described and given different digital identities so that they can be distinguished in databases and used to support archaeological interpretation. (lu.se)
  • To make way for the new slip road off the Mytongate Roundabout required the largest scientific excavation of a post-medieval burial ground in Northern England, with a team of 90 archaeologists sensitively excavating an estimated 10,000 bodies which were subsequently re-buried within the boundaries of the burial ground. (balfourbeatty.com)
  • The monument consists of a post-medieval settlement, an old burial ground and a cross shaft. (historicenvironment.scot)
  • In their void, stories and harmful stereotypes about magic and "evil" Indigenous spirits connected to ancient burial grounds arose, perpetuated by tropes in film and pop culture . (statenews.org)
  • Only relatively recently, in the 20th and 21st centuries, has that perception changed, and Low largely attributes that to representations of Indigenous burial grounds - along with cemeteries more generally - in books, movies and television shows. (statenews.org)
  • its burial grounds are less often visited. (churchmonumentssociety.org)
  • d. 1743) Owing to 19th c. disturbances of burial patterns in the grounds, it is unclear if these juxtaposed markers correspond to actual nearby burials, but the two women did know each other. (churchmonumentssociety.org)
  • In its large grounds, which over time were built on and are now partly used for agriculture, there are several burial sites containing well-researched remains of Assyrian architecture, including the palace and temple in Tel Kouyunjik. (qantara.de)
  • By the middle of the 20th century, it had fallen completely out of use and was in danger of becoming derelict. (lancashire-online.com)
  • This doctoral thesis examines the encounter between the dead and the living within 19th and 20th century landscape cemeteries. (lu.se)
  • St Lawrence's Church - possibly of 16/17th century date, with no trace of earlier structure - is built of random masonry, roughly coursed with rubble infilling and measures approx 22.0m by 6.8m within a wall 1.0m thick. (highland.gov.uk)
  • The settlement is depicted in the Blaeu Atlas (17th century). (historicenvironment.scot)
  • There is a splendid pulpit by Blackburne, a lively Victorian tiled dado, fine decorative hinges on the doors to the pews, mosaics of 1894 by Powell's and a few 17th century monuments including an impressive alabaster one to Jacob Master, 1631. (favershamlife.org)
  • Predominant in the graveyard is an ashlar obelisk memorial, early 18th century, with weathered inscription to 'Lord Thomas Frazer' (father of Simon, 11th Lord Lovat, who was executed on Towerhill in 1747) who died at Dunvegan while visiting his brother-in-law in 1699. (highland.gov.uk)
  • The 18th century Hall sits immediately to the south, separated from the graveyard only by a low wall. (suffolkchurches.co.uk)
  • The entrance to the Saints' Graveyard is through the 19th-century graveyard. (wikipedia.org)
  • The confessional, pre 11th century, whose original use is unknown is situated outside the walls of the graveyard. (wikipedia.org)
  • Granary Burial Ground is a graveyard in Boston founded in 1660 and is the final resting place of many important figures from the American Revolution. (historyhit.com)
  • He is one of 5,000 people whose bodies lie in the old Bethel Burying Ground beneath the Weccacoe Playground, on Catharine Street near 4th, in Queen Village. (inquirer.com)
  • Queen Village Neighbors Association is going around telling people we are trying to take their playground from their children," said Joseph Certaine, a former city managing director who is the spokesman for the coalition Friends of Bethel Burying Ground. (inquirer.com)
  • Her advocacy work includes social justice and historic preservation advocacy for African American spaces, especially pre and post emancipation burial places-among them Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground, Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, East Marshall Street Well Project, East End and Evergreen cemeteries. (nextcity.org)
  • The Phipps St. Burying Ground, first noted in town records in 1640, has 256 early (17th- E18th century stones, and many more later 18th and 19th c. markers. (churchmonumentssociety.org)
  • The earliest written use of the phrase in this sense, Oxford says, is from a letter written by John Adams from Philadelphia in 1777: "I took a walk into the Potter's Field, a burying ground between the new stone prison and the hospital. (grammarphobia.com)
  • Upon a high ridge behind the Priory are the church and burying-ground of St. Baodan, the patron saint of the parish. (thehazeltree.co.uk)
  • This collection of seven historic stone-house museums, a reconstructed 1717 French Church, the Huguenot community's original burying ground, and a replica Esopus Munsee wigwam has its roots in an organization intended to preserve what remained of their founders' ancestral French and Dutch heritage. (nysparks.com)
  • But in the end it was Canadians - the people of Halifax - who saved the resting place of their former foes, and ensured that the lost fighters of a nearly forgotten war will be remembered, along with others deposited in anonymous graves on Deadman's Island during the first half of the 19th century. (usmm.org)
  • While Granary Burial Ground contains around 2,345 tombs and graves, the actual number of people buried here is estimated to be approximately 5,000, due to the use of mass burial sites, such as the Infant's Tomb number 203, which is thought to include over 500 children. (historyhit.com)
  • At first this problem was solved by establishing "chariers" which are mass graves built above ground for the poorer residents of Paris. (blogspot.com)
  • These mass graves rose ten feet above the ground. (blogspot.com)
  • Next door to the house is a church with a burial ground containing the graves of many of the people who figure into Jenner's story. (cdc.gov)
  • Some carved late-medieval gravestones and 18th century tablestones. (highland.gov.uk)
  • This presentation will include images found in King's Chapel burial ground and other interesting gravestones found in the Boston/Metro area. (kings-chapel.org)
  • It is worthwhile exploring the burial ground, which boasts some very good examples of early 19th-century gravestones. (lancashire-online.com)
  • This thesis explores the above-ground features such as the design of the grave plots and their gravestones which form the visible and public dimension of the cemetery's material culture. (lu.se)
  • The box pews date to the early 19th century, but the side galleries are original. (lancashire-online.com)
  • Finally, the beautifully carved pulpit is early 19th-century and retains its sounding board. (lancashire-online.com)
  • During the 19th century the traditional Comanche burial custom was to wrap the body in a blanket, place it on a horse behind a rider ride off in search of a proper burial place such a cave and then seal the entrance. (truewestmagazine.com)
  • These unfortunate souls didn't make it all the way to the promised land, and get the reward they looked for, and it's only fitting today, whether they're Irish or some other nationality, that we honor them with a proper burial, for their sacrifice. (irishcentral.com)
  • The Adena people built burial mounds as early as approximately 800 B.C. And the later Hopewell culture followed suit, in addition to building geometric mounds believed to be the sites of great ceremonial gatherings. (statenews.org)
  • it is a symbol of the interdenominational religious toleration prevalent in the Maritime Provinces in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (historicplaces.ca)
  • During the early 19th century, John and Rose Cutter and their seven children moved into the basement of a structure located at the corner of Main and Rhodes streets. (cranstononline.com)
  • There are more than 60 sites of catacombs in Rome which date from the end of the second to the early fifth century CE. (jpost.com)
  • The monument is of national importance as the settlement has been undisturbed since its abandonment in the early part of the 19th century. (historicenvironment.scot)
  • The thing that makes Goodshaw so striking is that the interiors have been almost completely unchanged since the early 19th century. (lancashire-online.com)
  • it experienced glorious times, then abandonment, until it was discovered in the early 19th century. (hellenictrain.gr)
  • The home provides a fascinating view into the life of a village doctor in the early 19th century. (cdc.gov)
  • Stimulated by earlier observations that epidemic diseases were transported by ships, the notion of quarantines began being developed in the early 14th century. (cdc.gov)
  • However, a reader has kindly pointed out that St Baodan and St Modan were two different men, and the confusion arose in the 19th century because of the similarity of sound in genitive mutations. (thehazeltree.co.uk)
  • A second problem arose for Parisians in the 18th century, as the city grew its graveyards became very full. (blogspot.com)
  • Urasoe Castle Ruins: The ruins of this castle date back to the 14th century and offer stunning views of the surrounding area. (trackstick.com)
  • So the best known is the Black Death pandemic that occurred in the 14th century and this pandemic has killed, like, over 50 million deaths, which was like about one-third of the population of Europe. (cdc.gov)
  • The font is a good example of the typical 15th century East Anglian design, and there are four hatchments above the war memorial. (suffolkchurches.co.uk)
  • It is thought to date from the 15th century, and may have fallen out of use sometime in the mid-1600s, but no one knows for sure. (thehazeltree.co.uk)
  • St. Mary's Church ruins are from the 13th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the 13th century, something would have drawn the Valliscaulian monks to Ardchattan, and the presence of an ancient shrine and a holy well ( Tobar Baodan or Baodan's spring issues from the hillside nearby) would have held a strong appeal. (thehazeltree.co.uk)
  • This historic site dates back to the 13th century when it was home to the rulers of Okinawa. (trackstick.com)
  • In the Kirkyard are three grave slabs with a claymore and foliaceous designs carved upon them (each fully described), also a number of 'throuch' stones dating from the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries. (highland.gov.uk)
  • During the 15th and 18th centuries, more than 4,000 alleged witches were put to death across Scotland-mainly women and were given proper trials. (goworldtravel.com)
  • The ruin of the post-Reformation parish church, a plain rubble-built structure originally oblong on plan, to which in the 18th century a north burial aisle was added. (highland.gov.uk)
  • The north burial aisle is dated 1839. (highland.gov.uk)
  • General view of Farquharson of Baldovie Burial aisle taken from the north. (canmore.org.uk)
  • Detail of south door to the Farquharson of Baldovie Burial aisle. (canmore.org.uk)
  • Detail of plaque on the north elevation of the Farquharson of Baldovie Burial aisle. (canmore.org.uk)
  • In 1888 this 'lay in pieces on the ground', the kirk ruinous, overgrown with weeds and filled with junk, according to J. and E. Pennell. (highland.gov.uk)
  • A few have vanished, leaving behind perhaps only an overgrown burial ground or a row of house foundations-or no trace at all. (visitfrederick.org)
  • This small, thoroughly charming, largely untouched historic town features some of the most significant and captivating 19th century buildings & ruins in South Australia. (mintaro.au)
  • Like many historic cemeteries, Eden is still active, carrying out around 150 burials per year. (whyy.org)
  • In the 19th century, of course, cemeteries were oftentimes considered places to picnic and be close to your deceased relatives," he said. (statenews.org)
  • Catacombs are underground cemeteries consisting of intricate labyrinths or tunnels with recesses for burial chambers. (jpost.com)
  • Landscape cemeteries were established from the late 18th century and with their garden-inspired design, location outside of the city and increasing secular administration were intended to be a contrast to overcrowded urban churchyards. (lu.se)
  • It shows how the relationship unfolds through the materiality and practices occurring within them.Landscape cemeteries were established from the late 18th century and with their garden-inspired design, location outside of the city and increasing secular administration were intended to be a contrast to overcrowded urban churchyards. (lu.se)
  • A Memorial Park in Shockoe Bottom, the 19th century "epicenter" of the US domestic slave trade and birth district of the city of Richmond-is now part of the city's strategic development plan. (nextcity.org)
  • A memorial park will be constructed at the original burial site, and the remains will be laid to rest permanently. (irishcentral.com)
  • The remains represent the thousands of unnamed Irish and German immigrants who came to America in the mid-19th century, looking for a new and better life, but instead ended up in quarantine on Staten Island because of severe illness. (irishcentral.com)
  • We knew going into this project that we were likely to encounter the remains of what had once been a burial ground," said Marc Violette, press officer for the New York State Dormitory Authority, which was charged with the project. (irishcentral.com)
  • Fittings for the dead: The coffin furniture of St James's Burial Ground is part of Stories of St James's , a new, free exhibition for all the family, exploring discoveries made during HS2 excavations on the former St James's Burial Ground near Euston. (molaheadland.com)
  • The excavations brought various findings to light, most of which date back to the 5th century BC. (hellenictrain.gr)
  • In the 12th century, a Romanesque doorway was created in the western wall. (wikipedia.org)
  • A burial enclosure against the west gable has a good Renaissance doorway and balustrade dated 1735. (highland.gov.uk)
  • Consolidated rubble oblong of old Duirinish parish church in stone-walled burial enclosure, reminiscent of Skye's other post-Reformation parish churches of Strath and Sleat. (highland.gov.uk)
  • balustraded burial enclosure with architraved doorway of 1735 attached to west gable. (highland.gov.uk)
  • Join the King's Chapel History Program online for two nights of trivia themed around Halloween history, death and burial practices, mourning traditions, historical burial places, and more! (kings-chapel.org)
  • ROME - Cremation represented one of the usual burial practices for pagan Romans. (jpost.com)
  • Ground work: Archaeologists have begun excavating an area of the Rustenburg Burial Ground near All Africa House. (uct.ac.za)
  • Archaeologists believe this was the burial ground that served the 17th to 19th century community that worked and lived on Rustenburg Farm. (uct.ac.za)
  • Halifax is already famous as the burial place of many steerage class victims of the Titanic shipwreck. (usmm.org)
  • It is purported to be a burial place predominantly for African Americans. (wikitree.com)
  • The OED says the indigent sense of "potter" is responsible for the use of "potter's field" as "a piece of ground used as a burial place for the poor and for strangers. (grammarphobia.com)
  • With the emergence of Christianity, burials began to take place in catacombs. (jpost.com)
  • Assuming that the place was indeed burnt to the ground around 1800, this would explain why some grave stones dating from the 19th century can be found within the building itself, because this is what happened with many derelict churches over time. (thehazeltree.co.uk)
  • The burial ground was scheduled in 1968 and is now to be incorporated within the settlement as a whole. (historicenvironment.scot)
  • The area to be scheduled is irregular on plan with maximum dimensions of 430m N-S by 165m E-W as marked in red on the accompanying map extract, to include the settlement, its associated burial ground and the cross shaft which lies within the burial ground. (historicenvironment.scot)
  • During the work, similarities and differences emerge both within VĂ¥ng and in comparison with completely different settlement and burial environments. (lu.se)
  • It also examines the archaeology below-ground for the preparation of the body, coffin furnishings and grave goods for the c. 1000 burials and cremations which were excavated, dating from the 1810s to 1980s. (lu.se)
  • Community-led environmental improvement works at the site involved upgrading the main burial ground access. (highland.gov.uk)
  • Banners on the former site of PS 90, thought to be an African burial ground, now slated for the development of affordable housing. (brooklynpaper.com)
  • As we continue the fight to preserve our history and recognize the significant role enslaved Africans played in shaping it, I cannot support developing this sacred site in Flatbush, an area with a rich history stretching back centuries," Adams said in a statement released Oct. 12. (brooklynpaper.com)
  • The show's host, Professor Alice Roberts, visited the burial ground to meet the team and go behind the scenes to see our on-site laboratories and find out more about the wealth of information we had uncovered about the history of the local area. (balfourbeatty.com)
  • The Tequesta Indians had used the site about 800 A.D. and the Seminole Indians in the mid-19th Century. (wrmf.com)
  • its relationship with its treed site, including the associated burial ground to the rear. (historicplaces.ca)
  • How did a burial site for unclaimed bodies get this particular name? (grammarphobia.com)
  • A fascinating burial site may soon be opened to the general public. (jpost.com)
  • Although much of the fabric of the building is original, there was a substantial late 19th century restoration here, which filled the nave with middle-brow furnishings. (suffolkchurches.co.uk)
  • Historical documents suggest that an area of, say 30mx50m, was walled off sometime in the late 19th century," Hart said. (uct.ac.za)
  • The Sanctuary of Demetra is one of the oldest sacred sites and was used from the late 6th century BC to the 4th century BC. (hellenictrain.gr)
  • And then another pandemic occurred in the 19th century, which happened in China (went through Asia), and it actually was considered active until the late 1960s. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the centuries these tunnels became a large complex network that supplied Paris' ever expanding building needs. (blogspot.com)
  • In the 18th century the weight of several buildings built above these hollowed out tunnels began to collapse. (blogspot.com)
  • It was proposed that the old church and burial ground be removed from the statutory list in September 2016 as part of a Historic Environment Scotland project looking at dual designations of sites in the Highlands, though they would remain a scheduled monument. (highland.gov.uk)
  • The old church and burial ground were removed from the statutory list by Historic Environment Scotland on 22/09/2016. (highland.gov.uk)
  • Granary Burial Ground forms part of the Freedom Trail which highlights significant sites from the American War of Independence. (historyhit.com)
  • The burial ground is on the Freedom Trail and is tucked between the Park Street Church and Suffolk University, in the heart of central Boston on Tremont Street. (historyhit.com)
  • The old church and burial ground were listed at Category B in 1982. (highland.gov.uk)
  • The old church and burial ground were scheduled in 2000. (highland.gov.uk)
  • The estate was the home of the Playters family until the middle of the 18th century, and it is their name you'll find all over the inside of the church. (suffolkchurches.co.uk)
  • St. Caimin's Church is the only roofed building, part of it dating back to the 10th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • Join us at St James's Church, Piccadilly to uncover this intriguing part of London's history with Robert Hartle, burial expert and Senior Archaeologist at MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). (molaheadland.com)
  • There is much to admire inside the church including the handsome square Norman Bethersden marble bowl font and good examples of Victorian stained glass by Clayton & Bell and Thomas Willement, a leading light in the revival of 19th century Gothic Revival stained glass and a one time resident of Davington Priory. (favershamlife.org)
  • The architectural origins of the complex go right back to the Assyrian era: what is now the north-eastern part of Mosul was once the Assyrian city of Nineveh, which boomed in the seventh century BC as the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire under King Sennacherib. (qantara.de)
  • Covering an incredible 92 churches across Lancashire and Greater Manchester, we've added 21,525 new burial records to this collection. (findmypast.co.uk)
  • Hard Rock stadium, the current name of the Dolphins stadium, is built on a Tequesta Indian burial ground that was surrounded by Seminole tribe artifacts. (wrmf.com)
  • This villa was built in the first half of the 19th century for the wealthy banking Torlonia family. (jpost.com)
  • Later erased by twentieth century subdivisions, this rural 19th century community was named after Albert Gallatin Philips, owner of nearby Red Bank Plantation. (wikitree.com)
  • Ana Edwards is a public historian with research interests in the history and significance of "Gabriel's Rebellion," 18th century Black life in Virginia, how both informed the construction of the American nation, how these histories are articulated in public landscapes and why they resonate today. (nextcity.org)
  • This burial ground represents the history of not only the trans-Atlantic trade but more importantly, it offers the history of the African people," Stokes said. (wpri.com)
  • Madison County has a lot of history to learn from and be proud of including the only instance during the 19th century that a United States court of law held whites strictly accountable for killing innocent Native Americans. (cemeteries-madison-co-in.com)
  • As part of our ground-breaking Catholic Heritage Archive project, and home to the largest collection of British Roman Catholic records, our indexes are ever-growing. (findmypast.co.uk)
  • Stokes is a resident of Newport and the vice president of 1696 Heritage Group , a historical research organization, who has been researching this burial ground for decades. (wpri.com)
  • That is the earliest known use of "potter's field" in English, but it didn't refer to a public burial ground for the indigent. (grammarphobia.com)
  • Phyllis Jacobs, whose burial in the Flatbush "Burial Ground for 'Colored People'" is mentioned in the book "A Historical Sketch of the Zabriskie Homestead in Flatbush, LI," published in 1881, and Eve, a 110-year-old woman who was said to be enslaved by the Vorhees and Ditmas families. (brooklynpaper.com)
  • This was shown to be a large burial ground for the Jews of the period. (jpost.com)
  • a large marker placed in the 19th century stands by a smaller, older slate marker. (historyhit.com)
  • Indigenous mounds and burial sites speckle Ohio's landscape, from Miamisburg in the west to Marietta in the east. (statenews.org)
  • Even before the start of the liberation offensive last October, it was estimated that the jihadists had destroyed around a hundred mosques and Islamic burial sites - around half of them within Mosul city limits. (qantara.de)
  • The community was founded in the 19th century , when the area was not within the city of Rio at all, but rather an outlying rural community. (rioonwatch.org)
  • As co-founder of the social justice activist group, the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality (2002), she helped establish the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project (2004) which, in collaboration with other community organizations, contributed to the reclamation of Richmond's first municipal African Burial Ground. (nextcity.org)
  • Its employees still regularly use centuries-old burial records, which makes them particularly susceptible to damage and deterioration. (whyy.org)
  • Two of the 18th century stones in the Phipps Street burial ground commemorate women with interesting careers: midwife Elizabeth Phillips ( b. ~1685, Westminster, Eng. (churchmonumentssociety.org)
  • This is where, in the mid-19th century, the famous stone-tablet library of King Ashurbanipal was discovered, which includes the Gilgamesh epic. (qantara.de)
  • Tour our stone library of 19th century memorial styles, or attend some of Madison County's rededication ceremonies . (cemeteries-madison-co-in.com)
  • But in this unhallowed ground, forgotten by the country that sent them off to fight, lie the bodies of 188 American sailors and soldiers taken prisoner by British regulars and Canadian colonial forces during the War of 1812 . (usmm.org)
  • Borough President Eric Adams on Tuesday declared his opposition to a planned affordable housing development in Flatbush said to sit atop a centuries-old African burial ground. (brooklynpaper.com)
  • So how did the smallest state end up with the biggest African burial ground? (wpri.com)
  • For a historian of the 18th century, this is a little overwhelming. (historians.org)