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Image: African Burial Ceremony
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IMAGE: African Burial Ceremony
Illustration of an African burial ceremony. Eleven individuals are encircled around a coffin. Behind them, a wall of round wooden poles staked into the ground tightly, known as a palisade. In the upper left, behind the wall, are at least three ships sailing in water.
The individuals are all Africans, eight standing behind the coffin and three in front. The first behind the coffin, furthest to the left, is speaking while the others appear sullen. To the speaker's left is a man holding a hat with his right hand and a woman's shoulder to his left. She wears a blue shoal and matching blue cap. To her left is a woman leaning over the coffin. Next is a man holding a hat to his heart, then a woman holding her green shoal tightly. Left from her are a young child leaning on their mother's side, as she holds her hand to her head. In the foreground, beginning from the right, is a woman seated on the ground with her face in her hands. Centered in foreground is a woman with red hat leaning on a man. On the ground, in front of the speaker lies a shovel, loose dirt and rocks.CAPTION: Charles Lilly’s illustration recreates an African burial ceremony outside the city palisade sometime after 1745. CREDIT: Charles Lilly / Courtesy New York Public Library
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IMAGE: African Burial Ceremony Illustration of an African burial ceremony. Eleven individuals are encircled around a coffin. Behind them, a wall of round wooden poles staked into the ground tightly, known as a palisade. In the upper left, behind the wall, are at least three ships sailing in water. The individuals are all Africans, eight standing behind the coffin and three in front. The first behind the coffin, furthest to the left, is speaking while the others appear sullen. To the speaker's left is a man holding a hat with his right hand and a woman's shoulder to his left. She wears a blue shoal and matching blue cap. To her left is a woman leaning over the coffin. Next is a man holding a hat to his heart, then a woman holding her green shoal tightly. Left from her are a young child leaning on their mother's side, as she holds her hand to her head. In the foreground, beginning from the right, is a woman seated on the ground with her face in her hands. Centered in foreground is a woman with red hat leaning on a man. On the ground, in front of the speaker lies a shovel, loose dirt and rocks.CAPTION: Charles Lilly’s illustration recreates an African burial ceremony outside the city palisade sometime after 1745. CREDIT: Charles Lilly / Courtesy New York Public Library
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1 minute, 21 seconds
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