Enslaved African American Burial Ground

Prior to the abolition of slavery in New York State in 1827, Blacks working on the Van Cortlandt Plantation would have been living in what was then Westchester County. The Bronx did not become a separate county until 1914.

Papers of families and individuals related to the historic properties owned by Historic Hudson Valley (Philipsburg Manor, Van Cortlandt Manor, and Sunnyside) including Washington Irving, Philipse family, Van Cortlandt family, Schuyler family, Hamilton family, and Beekman family. Photograph, map, architectural drawing, and miscellaneous document collections

This organization collaborates between Black Cemetery site advocates from across the country,; and connects people and projects to counter Black cemetery erasures.

brief description of archaeology work and artifacts (not fully inventoried) held by the Landmarks Preservation Commission .

(Syracuse University, M.A. thesis, Spring1997, by Christopher Ricciardi

H. Arthur Bankoff and Frederick A. Winter leading the Brooklyn College, CUNY, Summer Archaeological Field School.

by H. Arthur Bankoff, Frederick A. Winter, & Christopher Ricciardi