Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005Q7Q7KE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 130 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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But in 1991 scientists rediscovered New York's long-ignored African Burial Ground, which opened an exciting new window into the past.A woman with filed teeth buried with a girdle of beads; a black soldier buried with his British Navy uniform, his face pointing east; a mother and child, laid to rest side by side: to scientists, each of these burials has much to tell us about African slaves in America.Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence shows how archaeologists and anthropologists have learned to read life stories in shattered bones, tiny beads, and the faint traces left by coffin lids in ancient soil. How can we learn about the lives of African slaves in Colonial America? Often forbidden to read or write, they left few written records. At the same time, by blending together the insights found buried in the soil and the results of historians' careful studies, it gives us a moving, inspiring portrait of the lives Africans created in Colonial New York.
An excellent portrayal of how archaeology helps to re-create and affirm the past.AJanet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WACopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. . As the narrative states, analysis of skeletal remains have shown the signs of trauma caused by lives of hard labor, and in some cases perhaps, the effects of punishment for resisting slavery. Through black-and-white photographs of uncovered artifacts and reproductions of archival records and maps, a fascinating picture emerges.
A Customer said Interesting and factual data about a people of long ago. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence was perhaps not one of the most interesting books I have ever read, but it is definitely one of the most haunting. When the book first starts out, the reader has no idea that what is beneath centuries of asphalt are people long ago and long forgotten. The most wonderful thing about the book was the way researchers were. "Great Book!" according to Tammy. This book wonderfully encompasses a vast wealth of knowledge. Archaeology, history, current events, and modern day issues are just a few things. This book is extremely well written from the introduction, to the archeological dig, to an epilogue that summarized the issues behind the dig. I found it very informative about the history of African Americans. Brings African-American history to life Bibliophile Don't let the fact that this is a kids book keep you from reading it.It's a well-written history of lower Manhattan that goes beyond facts and dates and connects the people of today with the people of 300 years ago so well that they seem like they could live in your neighborhood.Yet, it doesn't just portray the people, but also the politics and the soc