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Approximately 15,000 people are buried in this ground

A wall of images showing all the graves found on the grounds

Lost to history due to landfill and development, the remains on 419 men, women, and children were were rediscovered in 1991 and 1992. All were reburied with honor in the Rites of Ancestral Return ceremony in 2003. These remains were just a fraction of those burials in the African Burial Ground.

U.S. National Park Service

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Harpers Ferry Center

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