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African Burial Ground National Monument These buttons were buried with an individual in the African Burial Ground
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African Burial Ground National Monument
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The Sankofa is strongly associated with the African Burial Ground

Did You Know?
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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Last Updated: May 18, 2009 at 16:02 MST