African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District

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historic district historic site

The African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District is a historic area in Lower Manhattan that encompasses the nation’s earliest known African burial ground and surrounding civic sites, commemorating the lives and contributions of free and enslaved Africans in colonial New York.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District canonical	2
African Burial Ground	1
African Burial Ground National Monument	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ historic site ⓘ
commemorates	African diaspora in early America ⓘ enslaved Africans in New York ⓘ free Africans in New York ⓘ
contains	African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Burial Ground African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Burial Ground National Monument Manhattan Municipal Building ⓘ surface form: Municipal Building (Manhattan) New York City Hall ⓘ New York City Hall Park ⓘ New York County Courthouse ⓘ St. Andrew’s Church (New York City) ⓘ New York Surrogate's Court ⓘ surface form: Surrogate’s Court (New York County) Tweeds Courthouse ⓘ New York City Federal Courthouse ⓘ surface form: U.S. Courthouse at Foley Square former New York Commons ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governingBody	New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ
hasPart	colonial-era African burial ground ⓘ
hasUse	civic center ⓘ educational site ⓘ judicial center ⓘ memorial ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District ⓘ New York City Historic District ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo	African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-link ⓘ
locatedIn	Civic Center, Manhattan ⓘ Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York County ⓘ New York State ⓘ
locatedNear	Broadway (Manhattan street) ⓘ surface form: Broadway (Manhattan) Chambers Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Foley Square ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
significance	associated with early civic and governmental development of New York City ⓘ commemorates free and enslaved Africans in colonial New York ⓘ earliest known African burial ground in what became the United States ⓘ
theme	African American history ⓘ civic and governmental history of New York City ⓘ slavery in colonial New York ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse → partOf → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District ⓘ

African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District → contains → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Burial Ground National Monument

African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District → contains → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Burial Ground

African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District → heritageDesignationAppliesTo → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-link ⓘ