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African Burial Ground National Monument
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African Burial Ground Seeks Public Input on Park’s Plans for the Future - May 18, 2009

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The Sankofa is strongly associated with the African Burial Ground

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Lost to history due to landfill and development, the African Burial Ground was rediscovered in 1991 during the construction of a Federal office building. Approximately 15,000 free and enslaved Africans were buried in the five or six acre burial ground that dates from the 17th century.
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