Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground
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Book Description
How can we learn about the lives of African slaves in Colonial America? Often forbidden to read or write, they left few written records. But in 1991 scientists rediscovered New York's long-ignored African Burial Ground, which opened an exciting new window into the past.
A woman with filed teeth buried with a girdle of beads; a black soldier buried with his British Navy uniform, his face poi... More
A woman with filed teeth buried with a girdle of beads; a black soldier buried with his British Navy uniform, his face poi... More
Book Information
Publisher | Henry Holt & Company, Inc. |
Binding | Hardcover (3 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 144 |
ISBN-10 | 0805050124 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0805050127 |
Publication Date | 04/15/1998 |
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About Joyce Hansen (Author) : Joyce Hansen is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Joyce Hansen include Which Way Freedom, The Captive, African Americans Who Made A Differe... more
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