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Enslaved African American Burial Ground

This guide supports examination of the burial site of the enslaved peoples working on the Van Cortland Plantation, now Van Cortlandt Park. Through books, articles, slave indexes and links, life for the enslaved is explored under the colonial Dutch.

Agency and Ownership: The Story of Anthony and Susanna, Two Enslaved Africans in 17th Century New York. The Morris Family litigated to maintain enslaved individuals on their plantation-- especially as the area went from Dutch to English.

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