African Burial Ground Analysis

This paper serves as a critical analysis of the ethics of archaeology at the African Burial Ground in New York City. The African Burial Ground is over three hundred years old and provides a narrative for the forgotten history of the enslaved Africans during the 17th and 18th-century in New York. The remains of 419 African people were unearthed and presented for public and scientific interpretation in the 1990s. The paper highlights the history of New York and the enslaved during this time, providing historical background. The paper also emphasizes, the knowledge gained from the remains. The knowledge is purely scientific and allows the public to understand more about the people buried in the burial ground and the time period. The data that