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WOOLWORTH BUILDING
AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND NATIONAL MONUMENT
Monument at Duane St and Elk St; visitor centre at 290 Broadway. Subway J, Z to Chambers St; R to City
Hall
212 637 2019,
www.africanburialground.gov
. Daily 9am-5pm, visitor
centre Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Free.
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In 1991 construction workers uncovered the remains of 419 skeletons near Broadway, a tiny
portion of an African burial ground that covered five blocks during the 1700s. After being
