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Anson Street African Burial Ground

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322: 269: 327: 34:. Initial impressions were that the bodies had been buried in four closely aligned rows, oriented east to west, all lying near the corner of Anson Street and George Street. Grave goods included British coins, one of which was found in the eye socket of a skull. The remains of a wooden coffin and buttons from what was possibly a boy's coat were also unearthed. 40:
Efforts to identify the origins of the buried people include DNA research, to identify genetic background, as well as isotope mapping, to pinpoint geographic locations for the birthplaces of persons from this and some other sites, as part of an ambitious project to get more insight into the
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The previously unmarked remains will be the site of a memorial sculpture featuring "a fountain ringed with bronze hands, all modeled from Black residents of similar ages to the 36 people found".
383: 418: 306: 30:, United States. The burial ground was in use from approximately 1760 to 1790. The graves were uncovered during the 2013 excavation of a trench for the construction of the 403: 230: 201: 66: 388: 398: 364: 214: 299: 413: 423: 292: 169: 357: 143: 115: 90: 408: 42: 27: 350: 393: 31: 67:"Professor's Research Helps Shed Light on 18th-Century African Remains Found at Gaillard Center" 202:
Professor’s Research Helps Shed Light on 18th-Century African Remains Found at Gaillard Center
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is a recently rediscovered historic cemetery and archeological site where
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A New Project Uses Isotopes to Pinpoint the Birthplaces of the Enslaved
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This article about a building or structure in South Carolina is a
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This article about a cemetery in the United States is a
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enslaved people
Charleston, South Carolina
Galliard Auditorium
trans-Atlantic slave trade


"Professor's Research Helps Shed Light on 18th-Century African Remains Found at Gaillard Center"
"Construction site unearths 27 graves"
"More graves discovered at building site"


"Working of exhuming graves wrapping up"
"Tracing Charleston's History of Slavery, From a Burial Ground to a DNA Swab"
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0362-4331
Professor’s Research Helps Shed Light on 18th-Century African Remains Found at Gaillard Center
A New Project Uses Isotopes to Pinpoint the Birthplaces of the Enslaved
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