Burial Database Project of Enslaved African Americans

FAIN: PW-51516-13

Fordham University (Bronx, NY 10458-9993)
Sandra Arnold (Project Director: May 2013 to April 2016)

Burial grounds of enslaved African Americans are primarily unmarked, abandoned, and are increasingly vanishing from our landscape--taking with them history, heritage, and a people's place in the world. The initial stage of our work is to document as many burial grounds as possible by taking a public census of their location. To assist in our efforts, a website (www.vanishinghistory.org) has been established.

Media Coverage

Slaves' Forgotten Burial Sites Marked Online (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sarah Maslin Nir
Publication: New York Times
Date: 3/18/2013
URL: https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/a-mission-to-find-and-preserve-forgotten-slave-graveyards/?_r=0

Why Slaves' Graves Matter (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sarah Maslin Nir, Sandra A. Arnold
Publication: New York Times
Date: 4/2/2016
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/opinion/sunday/why-slaves-graves-matter.html

Uncovering a painful past for African Americans, one headstone at a time (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Karen Roberts
Publication: USA Today
Date: 2/21/2016
URL: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/02/18/slave-burial-grounds-african-americans/78773156/