The African Burial Ground

On Friday October 9,2009 my class took a feild trip tothe African Burial Ground at 290 Brodway.While Ranger Tamika was speaking I've asked myself questions,like "Why did whites "How come whites took West Africans as slaves?" and "How come whites couldn't make machinery?". Also at the presentation I've heard alot of facts.For example,whites took Africans from Ghana,Ivory Coast,and Nigeria .The reason they took Africans was because Native Americans were all dying from diseases and they saw that Africans didnt die from those diseases and could withstand climatic conditions.416 slaves were buried behind Wall Streeet .At each funeral there was a maximum party of 12.Only celebrated at dusk because slaves were most likely to be found if they tried to runaway. One man,slave number 101,had a Samkofa engraved