African burial ground used as a NYC parking lot gets preservation boost
ELMHURST, Queens -- It had been a burial ground for enslaved Africans who'd bought their freedom or had been born free two centuries ago. Over time, though, discrimination, greed, and neglect had left it an empty lot.
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