National Register Listing

African Burial Ground

a.k.a. Negro Burying Place and Negros Burying Ground;African Burial

Vicinity of Broadway and Reade St., New York, NY
Local significance of the site:
Historic - Non-aboriginal; Black

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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