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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7451&quot;&gt;Karen Warren&lt;/a&gt;.

So am I. I always use one of those diagrams to teach about the slave trade. I stop and talk them through imagining what it was like: the fear, the smells, the physical and psychological pain. This is also covered in the museum.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7451">Karen Warren</a>.</p>
<p>So am I. I always use one of those diagrams to teach about the slave trade. I stop and talk them through imagining what it was like: the fear, the smells, the physical and psychological pain. This is also covered in the museum.</p>
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		By: Karen Warren		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I remember a school text book which had a plan of a slave ship in it - it really brought home the grim reality of the slave trade. I&#039;m glad that memorials like this give some recognition, however belated, to the people involved.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember a school text book which had a plan of a slave ship in it &#8211; it really brought home the grim reality of the slave trade. I&#8217;m glad that memorials like this give some recognition, however belated, to the people involved.</p>
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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
		<link>https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7450</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7449&quot;&gt;Charles McCool&lt;/a&gt;.

I guess it happens everywhere! There&#039;s a difference, though, between building on it and forgetting it!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7449">Charles McCool</a>.</p>
<p>I guess it happens everywhere! There&#8217;s a difference, though, between building on it and forgetting it!</p>
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		By: Charles McCool		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fascinating history. I am glad it was not just paved over. I just did a walking tour of Rome and wondered the same thing. The tour guide said that so many civilizations are buried that it was evident that prior cultures just built on top of existing ones.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fascinating history. I am glad it was not just paved over. I just did a walking tour of Rome and wondered the same thing. The tour guide said that so many civilizations are buried that it was evident that prior cultures just built on top of existing ones.</p>
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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
		<link>https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7441</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7438&quot;&gt;Shelley&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes, it is! I love visiting small, less well-known museums. If you click above on &#039;other topics&#039; and then choose museums, you&#039;ll see the whole list since I started writing on this blog regularly.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7438">Shelley</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, it is! I love visiting small, less well-known museums. If you click above on &#8216;other topics&#8217; and then choose museums, you&#8217;ll see the whole list since I started writing on this blog regularly.</p>
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		By: Shelley		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New York has so many interesting smaller museums. Great that people of this burial ground are now having their stories remembered.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New York has so many interesting smaller museums. Great that people of this burial ground are now having their stories remembered.</p>
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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
		<link>https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7422</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7406&quot;&gt;Irene S. Levine&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re quite welcome! ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7406">Irene S. Levine</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re quite welcome! </p>
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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7420&quot;&gt;Rachel Heller&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re quite welcome! ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7420">Rachel Heller</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re quite welcome! </p>
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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7401&quot;&gt;The GypsyNesters&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;d love to hear what you think of it!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7401">The GypsyNesters</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to hear what you think of it!</p>
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		By: Rachel Heller		</title>
		<link>https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7419</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7400&quot;&gt;nancie&lt;/a&gt;.

Either they&#039;re still there, under neighboring buildings, or they were dug up long ago when they built the foundations.
That skylight isn&#039;t a skylight: it&#039;s open to the sky.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://rachelsruminations.com/african-burial-ground/#comment-7400">nancie</a>.</p>
<p>Either they&#8217;re still there, under neighboring buildings, or they were dug up long ago when they built the foundations.<br />
That skylight isn&#8217;t a skylight: it&#8217;s open to the sky.</p>
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