Burials continued through about 1878, more than 50 years after New York fully abolished slavery. Researchers say people were buried with their feet to the east, so when they rise on Judgment Day ...

A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, New York, Aug. 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.

News A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York Published: Aug. 30, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

oin writer Jessica Ferri on the launch of her book Silent Cities New York: Hidden Histories of the Region’s Cemeteries. The book covers not only the city's greats — Green-Wood Cemetery ...

Advocates Reclaim Forgotten New York Cemetery For Enslaved Africans And Black Americans Harambee Kingston, a non-profit organization, wants to turn a long-forgotten burial ground into a memorial ...

A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York Students work at the site of an African burial ground, backfilling a hole they had dug, in Kingston, N.Y.