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Sixteen years after the rediscovery of the
New York African Burial Ground, a
National Monument commemorating the site was officially
opened last Friday. In use for approximately a century from 1690-1790, the cemetery is thought to have been the final resting place of approximately 15,000 Africans and African-Americans. Find out more about the cemetery and the opening ceremony courtesy of the
New York Times, the
Voice of America, and the
New York Public Library.