"Engraved on the main granite wall are the words: 'For all those who were lost/ For all those who were stolen/ For all those who were left behind/ For all those who are not forgotten.'"
Elias E. Lopez in The New York Times views the African Burial Ground National Monument, dedicated in lower Manhattan this weekend.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Many Thousands Gone
Labels:
colonial,
history,
New York,
race and ethnicity,
slavery
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