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African Burial Ground Project  

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  • The African Burial Ground Project began in 1991 with the discovery of an African cemetery during the building of the Foley Square Project Federal Building in lower Manhattan in New York. The cemetery was the home of the remains of over 400 Africans. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; African Burial Ground Project]

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