African Burial Ground

African Burial Ground

The African Burial ground was an exceptional experience. As a group we were able to learn and get an understanding on how our ancestors were treated when traveling over to a new land. The outside of the Burial ground consisted of bodies buried for miles and miles all around the area, a concrete built boat that signified the circumstances of their living space while traveling to America, and a great deal of African symbols that the Africans lived by. A small detail that Dr. Carr pointed out to us while examining the symbols was that a lot of the symbols consisted of a four- way cross resembling the different pathways of life. While outside at the Burial grounds we learned that students from the great Howard University received the honor in examining the bodies that were being buried at the site. Then once we went inside the museum we watched a video vividly discussed the hardships the slaves went through and how they lived their day to day lives. The inside of the museum was beautifully set up with statues that were showing a burial. The statues were created with human sense to them, which stood out greatly. I also loved this experience because it showed me more than just the usual history that we learn about the 60s and the 70s it went all the way back to what my ancestors did in Africa.