Title Breaking ground, breaking silence : the story of New York's African burial ground / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan.

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New York : Henry Holt, 1998.

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Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	J 973 HANSEN	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department	305.5 HANSEN, JOYCE	Check Shelf
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department	J305.567 HAN	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department	J 305.5 HANSEN c.2	Check Shelf
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Edition	1st ed.
Description	xii, 130 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 119) and index.
Summary	Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of black people in Colonial times.
Awards	Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1999.
Contents	Digging down to sterile ground -- Ground truth -- The Lay of the land -- A Little freedom -- Slavery's chains -- Burial #340 -- The Revolt of 1712 -- A Cruel and harsh season -- Aftermath -- Recovering the past -- A Brave and gallant soldier -- Give me liberty -- Out of many, one people.
Indexed Term	African Americans History 18th century New York (State) New York
Subject	Excavations (Archeology) -- New York (N.Y.)
	Cemeteries. (OCoLC)fst00850521
Indexed Term	Excavations (Archaeology) New York (State) New York
Subject	New York Staat (DE-588)4042012-7
Indexed Term	African Americans History
Subject	Schwarze.
	Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Chronological Term	1700-1799
Subject	Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
	Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Antiquities.
	Friedhof (DE-588)4018537-0
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
	Cemeteries -- New York (N.Y.) -- History.
Indexed Term	Cemeteries History 18th century New York (State) New York
Subject	Enslaved persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
	Enslaved persons -- History.
	African Americans -- History.
Indexed Term	Afro-Americans History
Subject	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
Indexed Term	Cemeteries New York History 18th century New York (State)
Subject	New York (N.Y.) -- Antiquities.
	Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.
	Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
	African Americans -- History.
	Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
Indexed Term	New York (N.Y.) Antiquities
Genre/Form	Juvenile books.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Indexed Term	Enslaved persons History 18th century New York (State) New York
	Afro-Americans History 18th century New York (State) New York
Subject	Enslaved persons -- History.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Antiquities.
Indexed Term	Enslaved persons History
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1700-1800.
Added Author	McGowan, Gary.
ISBN	0805050124 (alk. paper)
	9780805050127 (alk. paper)

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