A burial ground changed a building planSourced
They planned a new federal building.
Then found 419 people's remains.
During excavation for a New York federal building in 1991, workers uncovered a historic African burial ground. Remains of 419 people were eventually found. A planned four-story pavilion was dropped, and the remains were reinterred in 2003.
History beneath the site
changed what rose above it.
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