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MAP: African Burial Ground National Monument A map illustrates the estimated extent of the historic African Burial Grounds. Pictured is the Burial Ground's extent within the neighborhood which surrounds the park site today. Centered is the Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway, which contains the visitor center entrance. Directly east of the building, is the outdoor memorial, labeled African Burial Ground National Monument. The map's left edge shows Broadway running north to south. The right edge shows Centre Street running north to south, then forking mid way at Foley Square, into Lafayette Street steering slightly left and Centre Street continuing slightly right. Horizontally three streets run side to side, Duane Street at the top, Reade Street in the middle, Chambers Street at bottom. Connecting north to south is a shorter road, African Burial Ground Way also known as Elk Street which zig zags from Chambers Street to Duane Street, running along the outdoor memorial's eastern edge.Caption: The map shows the estimated extent of the historic African Burial Ground in modern Lower Manhattan. The wooden palisade — the city’s northern boundary in 1746 — stood where Chambers Street is now. The national monument includes a one-third-acre portion of the original 6.6-acre cemetery.
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- Map: African Burial Ground National Monument by US National Park Service – Public domain