wonderful way to experience Douglass' ideas.
For more information visit http://www.nps.gov/frdo/-
index.htm.
20. AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND
NATIONAL MONUMENT
From about the 1690s until 1794, both free and
enslaved Africans were buried in a 6.6-acre burial
ground in Lower Manhattan, outside the boundaries of
the settlement of New Amsterdam, later known as New
York. Lost to history due to landfill and development,
the grounds were rediscovered in 1991 as a consequence
of the planned construction of a Federal office building.
The African Burial Ground National Monument Visitor
Center is located on the first floor of the Ted Weiss
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Federal Building located at 290 Broadway in Lower
Manhattan, while the memorial is found behind the
building on Duane Street
For more information visit http://www.nps.gov/afbg/-
index.htm.
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