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Africans to the British, French, and Spanish islands of the eastern Caribbean was significant enough that colonists constructed a building inside the Waterfort. This
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African Burial Ground is of historical importance to the African descendant population of Sint Eustatius. Students at the local Gwendoline van Putten secondary school often perform a play, poems or songs commemorating the suffering and strength of their ancestors.
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224:"Exploring Enslaved African Lifeways: An Isotopic Study of an 18th Century Cemetery (S E600) on St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands"
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is an unmarked historical burial ground for enslaved
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A Future That Does Not Forget: Collaborative
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organized a walking tour to the Godet
African burial ground and inhabitants held a libation for their ancestors.
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Netherlands
Committee applied for the label “Routes of Enslaved Peoples” for the Godet site as well as the
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The Godet African Burial Ground is located just north of the
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Burial grounds of the African diaspora in North America
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