African Burial Ground in New York City
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Activism
African American History
African American studies
African Art
African Burial Ground
African Descendants
African studies
African-Based Spirituality
Archaeological Analyses
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Cemetery
Chronology
Civic Cartographies
Civic Maps
Colonial Era Maps
Colonial Prints
Commemorative Arts
Commemorative Artworks
Contemporary Politics
Contestation
Cosmology
Diasporization
Enslaved Africans
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Excavation
Geographical Analyses
Geography of Racism
Grassroots Efforts
Honored Ancestors
Illustrations
Index
Introduction
Land Surveys
Lower Manhattan
Memory
New York City
New York State
Ownership Disputes
Pan-African Articulation
Pan-African Arts
Political Events
Politicization
Racialization
Reburial
Reclaimed Sacred Space
Skeletal Analyses
Slavery
Space
Spirituality
Urban Development
Urban Developments
Wealth Production
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- ISBN 9780815634300
- Weight: 747g
- Dimensions: 156 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Nov 2015
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1991, archaeologists in lower Manhattan unearthed a stunning discovery. Buried for more than 200 years was a communal cemetery containing the remains of up to 20,000 people.
At roughly 6.6 acres, the African Burial Ground is the largest and earliest known burial space of African descendants in North America. In the years that followed its discovery, citizens and activists fought tirelessly to demand respectful treatment of eighteenth—century funerary remains and sacred ancestors. After more than a decade of political battle—on local and national levels—and scientific research at Howard University, the remains were eventually reburied on the site in 2003.
Capturing the varied perspectives and the emotional tenor of the time, Frohne narrates the story of the African Burial Ground and the controversies surrounding urban commemoration. She analyzes both its colonial and contemporary representations, drawing on colonial-era maps, prints, and land surveys to illuminate the forgotten and hidden visual histories of a mostly enslaved population buried in the African Burial Ground. Today, personal offerings and commemorative artworks, many of which incorporate traditional African and diasporic arts and religions, pay tribute to the ancestors and the sacred space. Tracing the history and 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 early twenty-first-century race relations in New York City to reveal its enduring presence as a spiritual place. Finally, she illustrates visually, spiritually, and spatially the historic and contemporary formation of a New York City African diaspora in relation to the African Burial Ground.
At roughly 6.6 acres, the African Burial Ground is the largest and earliest known burial space of African descendants in North America. In the years that followed its discovery, citizens and activists fought tirelessly to demand respectful treatment of eighteenth—century funerary remains and sacred ancestors. After more than a decade of political battle—on local and national levels—and scientific research at Howard University, the remains were eventually reburied on the site in 2003.
Capturing the varied perspectives and the emotional tenor of the time, Frohne narrates the story of the African Burial Ground and the controversies surrounding urban commemoration. She analyzes both its colonial and contemporary representations, drawing on colonial-era maps, prints, and land surveys to illuminate the forgotten and hidden visual histories of a mostly enslaved population buried in the African Burial Ground. Today, personal offerings and commemorative artworks, many of which incorporate traditional African and diasporic arts and religions, pay tribute to the ancestors and the sacred space. Tracing the history and 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 early twenty-first-century race relations in New York City to reveal its enduring presence as a spiritual place. Finally, she illustrates visually, spiritually, and spatially the historic and contemporary formation of a New York City African diaspora in relation to the African Burial Ground.
Andrea E. Frohne is associate professor of African art history at Ohio University, USA with a joint appointment in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and the School of Art and Design.
