The document discusses the Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground and the educational initiatives surrounding it, particularly by Public School 48, to research the history and significance of the site where enslaved individuals were buried. It highlights the historical records, partnerships, and curriculum development activities aimed at integrating this overlooked aspect of history into local education. The project also aims to honor the memory of those who were buried and raise awareness about the contributions of enslaved individuals to the community.

1. The Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground Project
PS 48 the Joseph Rodman Drake School & the BronxTAH Grant Program
Brian Carlin, Justin Czarka, Marsha Green, Philip Panaritis,
Daisy Connolly, Mary Brown, Roxanne Cardona,
Allison Grabe, Anitra Lauro, Grace Binuya

2. Slave Burying Ground,
MCNY, ca. 1910, Hunts Point Road

3. 1) Where Was the Hunts Point Slave
Burying Ground?
— Research
— Create Partnerships
— Curriculum Development
— Class and School Learning
Activities
— Writing (back) into
History.
— Resources:
vMaps
vPhotographs
vCensus Records
vWills
vBooks
vArticles & Letters

4. 2) Who is buried in the
Hunts Point Slave
Burying Ground?

5. Examining
Historical
Records
“Directly
opposite”
Bill
Swan

6. NYPL: 23rd Ward, 1923
Old Hunts Point Road

7. On the neck there is located the
old burying-ground of the slaves
belonging to the Hunt and Leggett
families, and also an old oak
upon which, according to
tradition, the British used to hang
the Whig foragers and spies who
were so unfortunate as to fall into
their hands.
The Story of The Bronx: From the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the
Indians in 1639 to the Present Day, Stephen Jenkins,G. P. Putnam's Sons,
New York and London "Knickerbocker press,”1912, p. 386

8. Census Data

10. vAbram (son of Robin
and Hannah)
v Mercy’s 1st Child
v Lew (“boy”)

11. The Bronx, 1776

12. “Under the laws of 1731 not more
than 12 slaves were to attend a
funeral, under penalty of being
publically whipped, unless the master
pay a fine of 12 shillings.
“No pall, gloves or favors were to be
used. A slave who held a pall, or
wore gloves or favors, was to be
publically whipped.

13. vHannah
v James
v Fait

14. 1885 US Coastal Survey Map

15. vJenny (daughter of
Robin and Hannah)
v Mercy’s Husband
v Tobe

16. NYPL, 1888

17. Drake Park, Black Oak, c. 1840

18. vSharp
v Tite
v Harry (“boy”)

19. John Leggett’s Will, 1777
Also I give and bequeath
unto my
said Son Cornelius, My
Negro Man Tite and my
Negro boy Ben
also I give and bequeath
unto my Son Cornelius
four Milk Cows

20. Drake Park, 1915

21. John Leggett’s Will, 1777
4thly I give and bequeath
to my daughter Eleanor,
the wife of Thomas
Lawrence, My Negro
Wench Bett, and my silver
cup.

22. Drake Park, 1926 & 1936

23. vHercules
v George
v Lill (“wench”)

24. 5thly I give and bequeath
unto my Daughter Ruth
Leggett My Negro Wench Lill,
and Negro Boys Harry and
Lew,
also one bed and bedding
and all its furniture with my
large looking glass and a
table.
John Leggett’s Will, 1777

26. Aunt Rose
Cook,
Mother,
Grandmother
Bill Swan
aka
Bill the Pilot

27. Joseph Rodman Drake
1795-1820
The American Flag
WHEN Freedom from her mountain
height
Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies,
And striped its pure celestial white,
With streakings of the morning light;
Then from his mansion in the sun
She called her eagle bearer down,
And gave into his mighty hand,
The symbol of her chosen land.

28. John Leggett’s Will, 1777
Item I give and bequeath
unto my said Son John,
my negroes Dick and
Sharp, and my silver
tankard.

29. vGin
v Dick
v Bett (“wench”)

30. The Fabulous, Fantastic Timeline Of Hunts Point

31. John Leggett’s Will, 1777
I give unto my Son John
the use of my Negro boy
Jo untill my grandson
Stephen before named
arrives to the age of
twenty one years

32. John Leggett’s Will, 1777
my Will further is that
my Executors do sell at
publick Vendue all my
Negro's, chatties and
furniture and moveables of
every kind that are not
dispose'd of before in this
Will

33. vHarry
v Ginne
v Ben (“boy”)

34. The Fabulous, Fantastic Timeline Of Hunts Point

35. “A Poet’s Neglected Grave”,
New York World, 11-1-1881, p. 7
“curious
headstones”
… “roughly-
cut initials”
Bill Swan
“the Pilot”

37. Topographic Map, 1888 - NYPL
Drake Monument
Wetlands–Marsh
Old Hunts
Point Road
Slave Burying Ground

38. Bronx Chamber of Commerce, 1904

39. vAbram
v Lew
v Cuffee

40. Drake Monument, 1914

41. Pediment of Drake’s 7ft.
Marble Monument, 2013

42. Bronx Society of Arts, Drake
Park Dedication, 1915

43. vDick
v Luce
v Ginne

44. Dickson Wallace,
Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences, Rededication of
Drake Park, 1947
“Of rich and poor, who all have died
And white and black lie
Side by side,
For minstrel poet pioneer
Who sang and fought for us
Are here;”

45. 1962, PS 48 Drake Park Project

47. vToby, Lilly, Gin

50. “Near This Spot”

51. vTitus
v Abram
v Agness

52. Justin, Grace, Daisy and some of
the PS 48 HPSBG Team

56. vRobin
v Abigall
v Hester

57. Bronx Educators, 4/27/13

59. John McNamara’s Old Bronx, BXCHS,
1985, p. 25
“An ancient cemetery belonging
to the Hunt and Leggett families
still can be visited on Hunt’s
Point, but the burial grounds of
their slaves has been obliterated
…”

60. vTammes
v Ginne
v Jacob

61. PS 48 Children studying
HPSBG Documents, 5/2013

63. Gonzalez: Public School 48 in the
Bronx discovers slave burial ground
in nearby Joseph Rodman Drake Park
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (PAGE 10)
JUAN GONZALEZ
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013, 8:59 PM
The city demolished the cemetery nearly 100 years ago to
make way for a park.
'This is about people who contributed to this city and whose
lives were obliterated from history,' said teacher Justin
Czarka.

68. vHannah (Wife of
Robin the Indian)
v Mercy’s 2nd Child
v Jo (“boy)

69. Justin’s Video
http://hpsbg.weebly.com/

71. You-Boy
Will of John Leggett of Westchester,
made at Port Royall, in the Island of
Jamaica, dated Oct. 2nd, 1679
I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son John Leggett all that my one
half part of the Ketch Tryall of New York, one negro boy now on board the
sd Ketch, known by the name of ‘You-Boy.’ one Hogshead of sugar, one
Barrell & eleaven gallons of Rum, Two barrells of Lyme Juice on board the
sd Ketch, and all my wearing apparel both linen & woolen, a piece and
remnant of white linnen: and all the rest and residue of my personal estate
whatsoever (not being before bequeathed) I give and bequeath unto my
now wife Anne Leggett, and unto the child she now goes withall, if it shall
live to the age of two years.
I give and bequeath the sum of Thirty pounds Sterling to be paid out of the
porcon or estate before hereby given unto my said son John to my good
friend Mr. Frederick Phillips now of New York in America, merchant, whom
I do hereby make full and sole executor of this my last will & Testament

73. HPSBG Summer Curriculum
Development Project, 2013
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74. HPSBG Summer Curriculum
Development Project, 2013
http://hpsbg.weebly.com/

75. HPSBG Summer Curriculum
Development Project, 2013
http://hpsbg.weebly.com/

76. Hunts Point Enslaved Africans
Who Escaped
and Were Evacuated by
the British in 1783:
v Pomp Willet
(“age 36, stout fellow”)

78. Proposed HPSBG Addition to Drake
Park Sign 8-2-2013

79. Hunts Point Enslaved Africans
Who Escaped In 1776
and Were Evacuated by
the British in 1783:
v Nancy Willet
(“age 23, stout wench”)

80. Hunts Point Enslaved Africans Who
Escaped In 1776
and Were Evacuated by
the British in 1783:
v John Willet
(“age 8”)

81. Hunts Point Enslaved Africans Who
Escaped In 1776
and Were Evacuated by
the British in 1783:
v Lilly Willet
(“born within the British lines,
age 5”)

82. Partnership for Parks
Daffodil Planting, 10/24/13

83. September 4, 2013: Ground
Penetrating Radar Analysis

85. GPR Results: Probable Burial Locations

87. Senator Klein HPSBG Press
Conference, Drake Park, 1/2414

88. The Neighborhood News
Published Feb 2, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 issue of New York Magazine

89. South Bronx Students May Have
Found Site of Slave Burial
Ground
Fourth graders walk past Joseph Rodman Drake Park, where Public School
48 students found evidence of a slave burial ground.
SUZANNE DECHILLO / THE NEW YORK TIMES
By LISA W. FODERARO January 25, 2014
In a snow-covered park in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx, an
enclosed cemetery in the park’s center evokes a much different neighborhood
from the one now jammed with auto-glass shops and wholesale produce
markets. Headstones engraved with “Hunt” and “Leggett” hark back to
the18th and 19th centuries, when prominent New York families had
mansions in the still-rural Bronx. But a group of students and teachers from
nearby Public School 48 may have ….
N.Y. / Region

92. The END
of
The Beginning
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