Abstract
In the summer of 1990, a Phase 1A Archaeological Reconnaissance of the City of Kingston, New York, resulted in the discovery of an 18th to 19th century African and African-American burial ground within the city limits of Kingston, NY. This area was designated specifically for African-American burials in 1750 and continued in use until it was engulfed by the southerly expansion of Kingston in the 1870s. Although small family graveyards of enslaved individuals have been found throughout the Hudson Valley, only two large cemeteries holding the remains of enslaved individuals and their descendants have been discovered. The Pine Street Cemetery in Kingston is one of the few cemeteries for enslaved individuals currently known that is almost as large as the African Burial Ground in New York City.
DOI
10.22191/neha/vol35/iss1/22
Recommended Citation
Diamond, Joseph E.
(2006)
"Owned in Life, Owned in Death: The Pine Street African and African-American BurialGround in Kingston, New York,"
Northeast Historical Archaeology:
Vol.
35
35, Article 22.
https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol35/iss1/22
Available at:
https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol35/iss1/22
