KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of African Americans buried there centuries ago.
This spot of tightly-packed houses in the city of Kingston was a cemetery for people who were enslaved as far back as 1750 and remained a burial ground until the late 1800s, when the cemetery was covered over as the city grew.
Now, college students are carefully digging in the green backyards of the homes and making all sorts of discoveries.
In the last three summers, the remains of up to 27 people
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