Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground

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References cited in the draft recommendations.

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Chapter 1 of the draft report: Through the survival of the African Burial Ground in the heart of New York City, the past reaches across time to teach the present. The lives of those interred “outside the wall” of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New York City remind the living of the ever present struggles for human freedom and dignity. Examination of the human remains reveals how resolutely the burial ground occupants resisted injustice, even when faced with the inhumanity of forced...

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Chapter 2 of the draft recommendations: The African Burial Ground is a deeply buried archeological site in Lower Manhattan, New York City, the remains of a cemetery used for free and enslaved Africans primarily during the eighteenth century. The site covers approximately seven acres bounded by Duane Street on the north, Chambers Street on the south, Centre and Lafayette Streets on the east and Broadway to the west. It is located in Block Numbers 153, 154 and 155 in the Borough of Manhattan in...

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Chapter 3 of the draft recommendations: Effective public participation was required to accomplish the tasks assigned to the National Park Service by the interagency agreement between the GSA and the NPS.

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Chapter 4 of the draft recommendation: This chapter serves as the foundation for those that follow. It includes a suggested mission statement for use by the managers of the site, the reasons for the African Burial Ground’s national significance, the basic elements and values of the site, suggested primary interpretive themes, and other factors that influence planning and operations. These underlying elements, as a whole, are suggested as the touchstone for future management policies and...

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Chapter 5 of the draft recommendations: his chapter sets forth suggested mission goals (those goals to be achieved by managers) for the African Burial Ground. Mission goals broadly articulate the ideals the manager will strive to attain at the burial ground. They are expressed as the desired conditions for resources, visitor experience, facilities and visitor use, and partnerships. Mission goals and the methods for achieving them will shape the look and feel of the site and the way it will...

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Chapter 6 of the draft recommendations: This chapter examines alternative futures for the African Burial Ground. It describes four possible management scenarios, along with facilities and staffing requirements. Expanded programming from that currently offered is assumed in all alternatives, and estimated costs are discussed for each. Costs include facilities and associated staffing, and are expressed in 2005 dollars. The NPS technical assistance team conducted a charrette with architects,...

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Chapter 7 of the draft recommendations: A long-range interpretive planis a framework for an effective interpretive program. It identifies appropriate services and desired experiences for audiences, and it addresses management challenges.

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First two pages of the management recommendations report.

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Front pages plus table of contents for the draft recommendations report.