A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, New York, Aug. 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and ... packed houses in the city of Kingston was a cemetery for people who were enslaved as far back as 1750 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, ... (0.2 hectares) site was designated as a cemetery for people who were enslaved in 1750, ...

Under state law, to repurpose a cemetery you must exhume the bodies and bury them elsewhere. "And none of that was ever done," Lascurain's attorney told CBS News New York back in 1998.

A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, New York, August 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.

A historic cemetery for African Americans in Kingston, New York, is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

While the more-than-half-acre (0.2 hectares) site was designated as a cemetery for people who were enslaved in 1750, it might have been in use before then.

A historic cemetery for African Americans in Kingston, New York, is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search.