01395cam a2200301 4500 1261965544 TxAuBib 970430s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97019105 9780805050127 alk. paper 0805050124 alk. paper DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Hansen, Joyce. Breaking ground, breaking silence : the story of New York's African burial ground / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 1998. xii, 130 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]) and index. 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. African Americans New York (State) New York History 18th century. African Americans History. Cemeteries New York (State) New York History 18th century. Excavations (Archaeology) New York (State) New York. Slaves New York (State) New York History 18th century. Slaves History. New York (N.Y) Antiquities. McGowan, Gary.