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Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,

February 8, 2019

This is part two of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. In this second part, I’ll discuss the Read More

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Black History Series Pt. 1: Where is St. Helena Island

February 1, 2019

The Royal Navy began to police the water for ships filled with enslaved people en route to the Caribbean and the Americas. Some of these ships were made to turn back, but they all didn’Read More

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The Bones of Fortune: Enslaved In the Cabinet

vvrj0 February 3, 2017

In the early years of medical practice, it would not have been uncommon for a doctor to have skeletons and other kinds of human remains and soft tissue preserved in their labs and offices. In Read More

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New York's Slave Past: The History and Archaeology of the

Myeashea Alexander February 20, 2014

“New York City, 1741. A growing population of slaves and indentured white laborers had city authorities on edge. When a series of fires broke out in March and April, suspicion fell on a conspiracy of these Read More

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Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,

Black History Series Pt. 1: Where is St. Helena Island

The Bones of Fortune: Enslaved In the Cabinet

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