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[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Nora McGreevy (Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021) writes that archaeologists conducting excavations on the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius have discovered 48 skeletons to date. By some estimates, European merchants transported more than four million enslaved Africans to the Caribbean islands between the 16th and…
An 18th century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, officials said Monday.
An 18th century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, officials said Monday, and archaeologists said it likely contains the remains of slaves and could provide a trove of information on the lives as enslaved people.
An 18th century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, officials, and archaeologists say it likely contains the remains of slaves and could provide a trove of information on their lives