Third Series, Volume 67
January 2010
Interactive Digital Projects
Reassessing the “Sankofa Symbol” In New York’s African Burial Ground
Erik R. Seeman
Detail from Francis Maerschalck, “A Plan of the City of New York,” 1755. North of lower Manhattan’s densely populated neighborhoods lay an area unsuitable for commercial development that became the “Negros Buriel Ground.” Courtesy, Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, G3804.N4 1755 M3 Vault.